Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the Karnaphuli River in Chiattogram is getting ready for traffic as its 98 percent construction work is finished so far.“Now the finishing touch is going on because Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the tunnel in September,” Project Director (PD) MdHarunur…

Staff Correspondent: Garment factory worker Ashraful Islam was diagnosed with dengue fever a few days ago in Narayanganj General (Victoria) Hospital. He was then shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital but with no vacancy, he initially failed to acquire some space even on the floor.Later, he found an open space…

Staff Correspondent: There is a shortage of intravenous saline in the market. The demand for intravenous saline has soared as the number of dengue patients is rising. However, the supply is not enough as compared to demand. This crisis of saline came to the fore while speaking to concerned government…

Chattogram Bureau: Chattogram city dwellers have faced waterlogging as low-lying areas of the port city have been inundated by continuous rainfall.According to Assistant Meteorologist SumanSaha of the Patenga Meteorological Office, 36 millimetres of rainfall was recorded in the last 24 hours until Friday afternoon (August 4). The city experienced intermittent…

Staff Correspondent: Rainbrought respite to Dhaka city dwellers after a heavy downpour drenched parts of the capital yesterday afternoon.Ten millimetres of rainfall were recorded in the past six hours till 1:00 pm yesterday, according to BMD’s special bulletin.Meanwhile, light to moderate rains or thundershowers are likely to occur in Dhaka…

Unbridled spending on housing5 thousand unsold flats in Dhaka Zarif Mahmud: Ahmed has been living in Sheorapara area of Mirpur, Dhaka for a long time. Wife is a banker. The couple’s long-held dream is to own a residence in the bustling city. With this, the two of them invested in…

Staff Correspondent: Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs in India unanimously has recently recommended to the government to resolve the pending Teesta water sharing issue at the earliest ‘to improve the bilateral relation further’ with Bangladesh.Recalling earlier discussions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reiterated Bangladesh’s long pending request for concluding the…

Diplomatic Correspondent: India wants the twelfth parliamentary elections of Bangladesh to be peaceful, free, fair and violence-free. The spokesperson of the country’s foreign ministry, Arindam Bagchi, made this comment in response to questions at a briefing yesterday.He said, the vote will be as the people of Bangladesh want. They will…

Rabiul Haque: In the bilateral trade of Bangladesh with India, there are two sides of profit and loss of transaction in Indian currency Rupee. Businessmen of the two countries can open import-export LCs in rupees instead of dollars. But the businessmen of Bangladesh are not interested in this as the…