PAYRA PORT DREDGING Payra port dredging: Negotiations for Tk 8,643cr Belgian loan at final stage
The government’s negotiations for borrowing Tk 8,643 crore from Belgian Export Credit Agency for dredging Payra Port’s main channel Rabnabad is at the final stage.
ROHINGYA RETURN Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to start fresh attempt
Myanmar and Bangladesh will start a fresh attempt next week to repatriate thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, officials said on Thursday, nearly a year after a major attempt failed.
TURAG RIVER DEMARCATION River Commission, BIWTA at loggerheads
National River Conservation Commission and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority are at loggerheads over the demarcation of the Turag River.
The contours of the Kashmir move
THE government has defended its twin decisions to revoke operative portions of Article 370 of the constitution and dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories as ‘internal policy’ that warrant no international comment. While the prime minister’s moves have a domestic basis, their
Gunman held after injuring six Philadelphia police
Police said they took into custody early on Thursday the suspect in a seven-hour shooting standoff in a north Philadelphia home that left six officers wounded after a barrage of bullets.
14 dead in unprecedented rebel attack on Myanmar military town
At least 14 people have been killed in ongoing fighting Thursday between Myanmar's military and rebels who mounted a series of attacks, including an unprecedented strike on an army academy, apparently in retaliation for massive drug seizures.
India's Modi warns of 'unchecked population explosion'
Indian prime minister Narendra Modi warned Thursday of the risks of an ‘unchecked population explosion’ in the nation of 1.3 billion people, the first time he has raised the issue, and called for family planning measures.
16 killed in road accidents
At least 16 people were killed in separate road accidents in Feni, Faridpur, Kishoreganj, Sirajganj and Tangail on Thursday.
PM pays homage to Sheikh Mujib
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday morning paid tributes to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding president of Bangladesh, at his mazar in Tungipara on the occasion of his 44th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day.
Canada, US keep decisions on fugitive Mujib killers pending
The government has renewed engagements with Canada and the United States to bring back SHMB Noor Chowdhury and MA Rashed Chowdhury, two of the six fugitives convicted of the murder of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
