Bangladesh

-7 dead, 3 millions stranded amid torrential rains -Floods impact eight districts-Rail, road transport disrupted Special Correspondent: Bangladesh is grappling with the aftermath of severe flash floods that have claimed at least seven lives and left two people missing. The disaster has affected 357 unions across eight districts, leaving around…

Communication, electricity cut off Feni Correspondent: Eight districts of the country, including Feni and Noakhali, have been affected by floods coming down from India and heavy rains for several days. One after another townships are being flooded as water is entering at high speed through the breach of flood control…

Hasina told Indian Express Asifiqbal Thakoor, Delhi: ‘I can’t meet you’; ‘I’m in hiding, I can talk on the phone’; ‘I will try to meet you somewhere safe’; “Your movements will be monitored, so I don’t know if I will be able to meet you.”These are some of the messages…

Including Beximco, Basundhara, Nassa, Orion and Summit Staff Correspondent: The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has written to banks and financial institutions seeking information on the transactions of Beximco, Orion, Bashundhara, Summit and NASA group owners and their family members.The letter was sent to the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of…

Staff CorrespondentBangladesh’s inward remittance inflow has witnessed a massive 36 per cent surge amounting to US$406 million in the first 20 days of August 2024 compared to the same period last year.During the first 20 days, Bangladesh received a total of $1.5 billion in inward remittance. The amount was $1.12…

Zarif Mahmud: Awami League won the December 2008 elections with the promise of Digital Bangladesh. According to that promise, by 2021, every sector of the country should be dependent on information technology and through this, the digital transformation of the sectors should be ensured. Keeping this slogan in front, the…

Mahfuz Emran: When Sheikh Hasina came to power in 2008, Bangladesh’s debt was only $33.66 billion. Recently, he resigned from the post of Prime Minister in the face of student uprising on August 5 and left the country. At the time of his departure, the country’s debt burden had risen…

Staff Correspondent: The interim government is going to cancel the diplomatic passports (red passports) allocated in the name of Sheikh Hasina and former ministers-MPs after the fall of the Awami League government in the recent mass uprising of the students in Bangladesh. The government has started the process of taking…

Stuff Correspondent: Emphasising China’s policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other nations, Chinese Ambassador to Dhaka, Yao Wen, affirmed on Wednesday China’s commitment to supporting Bangladesh and its people as it has in the past. During a meeting with a BNP delegation, led by party Secretary General Mirza…

Stuff Correspondent: The water level of Gumti river of Cumilla district may flow above danger level and may flashflood in the adjoining low-lying areas in the 24 hours commencing 9am on Wednesday according to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC). The water level of Muhuri and Halda rivers of…