Indian activists urge Modi to scrap Rampal project
A coalition of groups in India wrote to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi demanding that the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal in Bangladesh be scrapped due to its potential to cause ‘irreparable damage’ to the Sunderbans.
WB 'confident' in PM's development agenda
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim on Tuesday expressed his ‘full confidence’ in the development agenda of prime minister Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh.
Deaths on rail tracks multiply
The number of people killed on rail tracks and at level crossings across the country is increasing alarmingly, rendering ineffective different preventive measures taken so far by the authorities concerned.
Creative method raises worries
A growing number of high school teachers don’t even understand creative method of education introduced in the country seven years ago.
PM expects WB’s stronger role in Bangladesh’s development
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said she expects the World Bank to play a stronger role in Bangladesh’s development endeavors as its leading development partner.
Don’t provide info to fraudsters: BTRC
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission on Monday issued a notice asking all mobile phone subscribers not to provide personal and biometric SIM registration-related information to fraudsters seeking over phone.
WB Padma bridge fund committed to other projects
Visiting World Bank president Jim Yong Kim on Monday dismissed the possibility of reengagement in the Padma Bridge project saying they would not fund the construction of the bridge at this point.
Contain terrorism, achieve dev: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged the leaders of the BRICS and the BIMSTEC to join hands to deal with terrorism and violent extremism to achieve sustainable development through security and stability.
Hasina holds meeting with Modi
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, held a bilateral meeting with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at Goa on Sunday night, the prime minister’s deputy press secretary Nazrul Islam told New Age over phone.
JMB man hanged in Khulna
The jail authority in Khulna hanged Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh activist Asadul Islam Arif on Sunday more than 10 years after he was sentenced to death on charge of killing two judges in Jhalakati in 2005.
