Bangladesh’s gas and electricity shortages are expected to ease gradually as a damaged floating liquefied natural gas terminal resumes operations, a government adviser said Tuesday.
State minister for youth and sports Md Aminul Haque said Tuesday that the government aims to eliminate educated unemployment by expanding skills training and job opportunities for young people.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal aims to complete investigations and trials tied to the 2024 July mass uprising by the end of this year, chief prosecutor Md Aminul Islam said Tuesday.
State minister for primary and mass education Bobby Hajjaj urged Japanese businesses Tuesday to invest in Bangladesh, describing the country as a strategic economic bridge between South Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Acting speaker Kayser Kamal on Tuesday called for extensive research to ease hardships in Bangladesh’s haor regions and address rising climate-driven migration.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman directed authorities Tuesday to complete a comprehensive and transparent national farmer database by December to ensure government assistance reaches genuine beneficiaries.
Bangladesh has asked India to prevent former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and members of her banned Awami League from conducting political activities from Indian territory, according to details of a meeting between officials from the two countries.
Bangladesh’s Cabinet has granted in-principle and final approval to a draft law that would make enforced disappearance a distinct criminal offense and impose penalties of up to death or life imprisonment.
Bangladesh’s proposed Padma Barrage could increase the country’s gross domestic product by 0.5% to 1%, prime minister’s adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir said at a roundtable in Dhaka.
Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Mia Golam Porwar accused the government of focusing on political rivals while failing to address rising commodity prices and worsening gas and electricity shortages.
