Turkey’s Sanko Group plans to invest $300 million in an integrated textile manufacturing facility in Bangladesh’s Mirsarai industrial zone, government officials said Tuesday.
Information adviser Zahed Ur Rahman called for impartial investigations into Bangladesh’s controversial elections, including the 2008, 2014 and 2018 votes.
Bangladesh’s army has taken brigadier general Miftah Uddin Ahmed into custody after an International Crimes Tribunal complaint accused him and 10 others in the 2018 killing of Teknaf municipal councilor Ekramul Haque.
Bangladesh’s High Court has ordered an investigation after microplastics were detected in 26 of 34 toothpaste products available in the country’s market.
Acting president Hafiz Uddin Ahmed will begin official duties at Bangabhaban on Tuesday, days after assuming the presidency following Mohammed Shahabuddin’s resignation.
Floods have destroyed summer vegetables worth Tk140.82 crore (approximately $11.37 million) in southeastern Bangladesh, disrupting supplies and driving up prices in Chattogram markets.
Bangladesh is working to become a regional aviation hub linking South Asia with the wider world, civil aviation and tourism minister Afroza Khanam said Monday.
Bangladesh will waive booth rent for small entrepreneurs participating in international trade fairs as part of efforts to expand exports, commerce minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said Monday.
Bangladesh’s gas crisis may take another 10 to 15 days to ease as repairs continue at a fire-damaged liquefied natural gas facility, energy minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood said Monday.
University of Dhaka will build a July Memorial Monument on its campus to honor those killed during the 2024 July Mass Uprising, university officials said.
