The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $120 million loan to help improve access to basic services and climate resilience of remote and rural communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. “The Chittagong Hill Tracts is one of the regions in the country most vulnerable to climate and disaster risks. It also lacks access to basic services and ...

If BNP tries to destroy the country’s peace and order, the government will deal with them wih an iron hand, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Friday. Besides, Awami League along with people will resist them if they (BNP) carry out any violence, the minister told journalists at Kurigram Circuit House before addressing the extended meeting of ...

Harry Brook and Ben Stokes hit fifties as England stepped up their run-spree in the must-win fourth Test against Australia at Old Trafford on Friday. England were 506-8 at lunch on the third day, 189 runs ahead of Australia’s first innings 317, after Brook had made 61 and skipper Stokes 51. It was the first time since their 1985 series ...

One more death was reported from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 156 this year. During the period, 896 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Of the new patients, 403 were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the ...

Lionel Messi should make his debut for Inter Miami against Mexican club Cruz Azul on Friday but the seven-times Ballon d’Or winner may be limited to a role off the bench. The Argentine arrived in South Florida last week to a wave of enthusiasm and was presented to fans at a special stadium event on Sunday, AFP reports. But since ...

A tentative agreement was reached in New York Thursday to avert a strike that threatened to shut most Broadway shows, as Hollywood remains on hold over historic industrial action. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE), which represents the 1,500 stagehands and other backstage workers involved in the dispute, had begun the process of voting on a walkout. But ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday reiterated that the upcoming general election will be held as per the provision of the constitution. “Apart from this, Awami League will not allow anyone’s conspiratorial ambitions to be implemented,” he told a meeting at the party’s central office on Bangabandhu Avenue this morning. Quader, also the road, transports and bridges minister ...

Jamaat-e-Islami has not been given permission to hold a public rally in Sylhet city on Friday. The rally has not been allowed due to the fear of violence, Sylhet Metropolitan Police Commissioner Elias Sharif told journalists on Thursday. He said police received Jamaat’s application and scrutinised it and decided not to permit them to hold the rally. On July 16, ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is interested in making investments in the energy sector of Bangladesh, particularly renewable energy, said a visiting minister of the oil-rich Gulf country on Thursday. UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber expressed this eagerness during a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka, ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader at the Setu Bhaban in Dhaka on Thursday. About the meeting, Quader said discussions were held in the meeting on the procedure of the next general elections, the responsibility of the poll-time government and the possible relationships with the opposition parties. The British ...