PM lays foundation stone of Rabindra University
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday laid the foundation stone of Rabindra University, an institution named after Nobel Laureate Biswakobi Rabindranath Tagore, marking the great poet’s 154th birth anniversary, reports United News of Bangladesh.
3 human traffickers killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Three suspected human traffickers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police in a shrimp enclosure at Teknaf in on early Friday, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Yunus should explain his role: planning minister.
The planning minister, AHM Mustafa Kamal, on Wednesday said that Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus should clarify his position on his alleged involvement in withdrawal of World Bank funding in the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project.
JATRABARI BUS ARSON, Police press charges against Khaleda, 37 others.
Charges were pressed against the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, and 37 opposition leaders and activists on Wednesday in one of the two cases filed for Jatrabari arson attack that killed one and burned 27 others.
India nears land swap deal with Bangladesh.
Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian parliament, on Wednesday passed unanimously the much-awaited constitution amendment bill on the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh
3 city mayors-elect sworn-in.
The newly elected mayors and councillors of three city corporations in bifurcated Dhaka and Chittagong took oath of office on Wednesday morning.
European buyers for evacuation of 2 quake-hit RMG factories.
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, the platform of European retailers, on Tuesday recommended that two earthquake-hit garment factories should be evacuated immediately as the Accord engineers found the buildings unsafe during the latest safety assessment.
Indian cabinet clears LBA bill.
The Indian cabinet on Tuesday approved a constitution amendment bill to make operational the much-awaited Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, including territories in Assam along with those in West Bengal,
MASS GRAVES IN THAI JUNGLES, Second death camp discovered.
Thai investigators have discovered five graves in a second jungle camp in southern Thailand, believed to contain the remains of migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to media reports.
ECNEC endorses Khan Jahan Ali Airport project with Tk 545 cr
The executive committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved the construction of Khan Jahan Ali Airport project with an outlay of around Tk 545 crore, aiming to expand trade and commerce as well as tourism in greater Khulna region.
