Bangladesh

Bangladesh and India have expressed satisfaction at the level of bilateral cooperation in various fields. This satisfaction was expressed when Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka, reports UNB. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting. “Both sides have expressed ...

The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved a Taka 2.63 lakh crore original ADP for the next fiscal year (FY24) making highest allocation of Taka 75,945 crore (28.88% of allocation) in the transport and communication sectors. The approval came from a meeting of the NEC held today with its chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Out of ...

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka this afternoon to join the ‘6th Indian Ocean Conference 2023’ hosted by Bangladesh from May 12 to 13. State Minister for foreign affairs Md Shahriar Alam received the Indian foreign minister upon his arrival. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma was also present. Jaishankar will deliver the keynote address at ...

Cyclone Mocha is expected to intensify into a severe cyclone by midnight and further strengthen into a very severe cyclone tomorrow, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) director Md Azizur Rahman. “Country’s coastal areas are likely to experience light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds after May 13 as a result of Cyclone Mocha,” said Azizur Rahman while speaking at a ...

The government is yet to take decision on postponement of the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations due to approaching cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ as decision will be taken immediately as per situation, reports BSS. Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka Chairman and Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee President Tapan Kumar Sarkar confirmed it. He said all concerned ...

President of Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun reached in Dhaka on Thursday morning on a four-day tour. This is the first visit of a President of Mauritius in Dhaka. He arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:40 am. Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque welcomed him at the airport.

Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to lower distant cautionary signal number 1 and instead hoist distant warning signal 2 as the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved north-northwestwards and intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ over the same area. At 6.00 am on Thursday, it was centered about 1,295 ...

State Secretary to the Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad on Wednesday announced her country’s contribution of NOK 70 million, equivalent to US$6.5 million, for the energy and environment programme of the Rohingya response in Bangladesh, reports UNB. The contribution will support the provision of cleaner cooking energy to Rohingya refugees, the continued rehabilitation of biodiversity and ...

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mohammad Enamur Rahman on Wednesday said Cyclone Mocha is likely to intensify into a super cyclone. However meteorologists are predicting by the time it makes landfall, it would most likely take the form of a severe cyclonic storm. The cyclone is likely to make landfall on Cox’s Bazar coast by Sunday (May 14), ...

The government taken all-out measures to deal with the Cyclone ‘Mocha’, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Md Enamur Rahman has said. He informed journalists about it at the beginning of a meeting held at the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief in this regard on Wednesday (May 10) afternoon. Quoting the meteorologists, the State Minister said the ...