Barapukuria Coal-Based Thermal Power Plant, having 525 megawatts capacity, has resumed its operation from one of its units after a three-day shutdown. “The power plant, which completely shut down its
At least six people, including three Rohingyas, were killed in separate landslides in Sadar upazila and at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of the district in the early hours
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) today arrested detective branch of police inspector Arafat Hossain for his alleged role in piling up bodies of protesters on a van and later burning those
Chief Advisor Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today urged the businessmen to work together with the interim government to help build a new Bangladesh as dreamt by students. “The student-people uprising
The flood situation in the country is slowly improving as the river water levels started to decrease. Sardar Uday Raihan, executive engineer of the Flood Forcasting and Warning Centre, informed
Members of the Bangladesh Army have rescued around 2,000 flood-affected people through day-long rescue operation in the district. “Hilly district Khagrachhari has been severely affected by flood, leaving hundreds of
Fifteen people died and 48 lakh people have been affected as the ongoing flood hit 11 districts. Among the 15 people, four died in Cumilla, one in Feni, four in
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, today said the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will assist Bangladesh in implementing low-cost river cleaning projects in important rivers, particularly
The Local Government Division has removed mayors of the 12 city corporations and appointed administrators for those corporations. The Administrators were appointed in the vacated positions, said a gazette notification
All (493) Upazila Parishad chairmen of the country have been removed. In their place, the concerned upazila executive officers have been given the responsibility of administrators. The local government department
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1609463-f85f772752124035a99819af988365e1.jpg?w=600&resize=600,337&ssl=1 "World Bank renews support for Bangladesh reforms")
