Bangladesh has authorized imports of green chilies from India after heavy rainfall damaged local crops, tightened supplies and pushed prices to 400 taka (approximately $3.23) in domestic markets.
Police arrested five people in three separate operations in Bangladesh’s Chattogram region and recovered two foreign-made pistols, a magazine, 11 rounds of ammunition and two sharp weapons, authorities said Monday.
Bangladesh’s garment industry is operating at about 60% efficiency as prolonged electricity and gas shortages disrupt production, delay exports and threaten factory owners with bankruptcy, industry representatives said.
Bangladesh has little chance of joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations under the bloc’s current charter, its secretary-general said, citing geographical membership requirements.
Power cuts have intensified across Bangladesh after a sharp drop in gas supplies widened the electricity generation shortfall and forced utilities to ration power throughout the day and night.
Bangladesh has proposed importing natural gas from Myanmar through a cross-border pipeline as it seeks to diversify energy supplies and meet rising demand.
Dhaka police arrested four alleged members of an international cyber fraud ring, including three Chinese nationals, during a raid in the capital’s Bashundhara area, authorities said.
A bridge built for Tk 2.82 crore (approximately $227,800) in southern Bangladesh has remained virtually unusable for six years because it lacks approach roads, forcing thousands of villagers to make dangerous daily crossings.
Nearly 1 million people in Bangladesh seek corrections to their National Identity Cards each year, according to an Election Commission report released Sunday.
Investigators are finalizing a decade-long inquiry into the 2016 Bangladesh Bank reserve heist, with a 10,000-page draft charge sheet sent to the attorney general’s office for legal advice.
