The Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance and the Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) have signed a Tk 500 crore agreement. The deal aims to expand the use of solar power and spread renewable energy in the country. Ms. Mosa. Nazneen Sultana, Joint Secretary, signed for the Finance Division earlier this week. Dr. A […]Continue Reading

Jahangir Kabir Mridha, Barguna West Dhupti Government Primary School in Gourichanna Union, Barguna Sadar Upazila, has had no permanent building for a decade. Classes run in tin sheds. The rooms get very hot in summer, and rain causes trouble. A big canal beside the school and a muddy entry path also worry people about the […]Continue Reading

People of Nurpur, Sonapur and Nandigram in Surma Union, Doarabazar Upazila of Sunamganj, suffer every day to get around. The area has no bridge over the Khasiamara River. It also has no paved road from Nurpur to Bhujna village. Several thousand people of these three villages have faced great trouble for about four decades. Locals […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh is reviewing a proposal from China to install a third floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Kutubjom in Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, amid rising energy demand. The proposal submitted by a Chinese state-owned company has already received in-principle approval. However, the Energy and Mineral Resources Division withdrew it from the Cabinet Committee on Continue Reading

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and other development partners will provide support based on Bangladesh’s own priorities and reform strategy, said Dr Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, the prime minister’s adviser on finance and planning. He said international development partners are, for the first time, clearly expressing their willingness to support reforms Continue Reading

Police have arrested an Indian national named Ajit Kumar Ghosh, 42, with four bottles of liquor in the Madhyabasudebpur area of Hili in Hakimpur upazila, Dinajpur. An Indian passport and an Aadhaar card were also recovered from him. Ajit Kumar Ghosh is the son of Girendra Nath Ghosh of Goshaipur village under Patiram Police Station […]Continue Reading

A total of 212,118 members of the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (VDP) have been deployed across the country to ensure security during the Sharadiya Durga Puja celebrations, said the force’s Director General, Major General Abdul Motaleb Sajjad Mahmud. He said eight Ansar members would be assigned to each puja mandap identified as high-risk […]Continue Reading