At least 23 people including eight members of three families were killed and 40 others injured in separate road accidents in nine districts on Saturday, police said. In Tangail, at least seven people were killed and 15 others injured when a commuter bus crashed into a truck parked along the busy
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WB okays $500m flood preparedness credit for Bangladesh
The World Bank on Friday approved a loan of $500 million to help Bangladesh improve disaster preparedness against inland flooding in 14 flood-prone districts, benefiting over 1.25 million people. The Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project will help Bangladesh reduce vulnerability to riverine and flash floods by constructing
EBL signs customer benefit deal with ShareTrip
M. Khorshed Anowar, Deputy Managing Director and head of retail and SME banking of Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) and Sadia Haque, CEO of ShareTrip exchanging documents have signed a customer benefit deal in the city, a press release said Saturday. Under the agreement ShareTrip offered special discounts to EBL cardholders
BGMEA finds scope for boosting Bangladesh-Egypt trade
Ambassador of Egypt to Bangladesh Haytham Ghobashy has paid a courtesy call on BGMEA President Faruque Hassan at the latter’s office in Gulshan on July 14, a press release said Saturday . They had discussions about possible areas of expanding trade between Bangladesh and Egypt and how both countries can
Rooppur NPP: Hydro-accumulators’ testing begins in Russia
Hydraulic testing of half bodies of Passive Core Flooding System (PCFS) Hydro-accumulators begins at Petrozavodsk Branch of AEM-Technologies, Russia. These are intended for Power Unit - 2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Eight PCFS Hydro-accumulators will be installed in each unit. According to Rosatom, the Russian contractor of the Rooppur NPP, hydraulic
9th anniversary of US-Bangla Airlines today
upay signs deal with Eden College on fee payment
The students of Eden Mohila College can now pay for all kinds of academic fees through upay, a press release said Saturday. Rezaul Hossain, MD and CEO of upay and Professor Supriya Bhattacharjee, Principal of Eden College, signed an agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at the college premises.
COVID-19 fuels continued backslide in vaccinations
The largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years has been recorded in official data published by WHO and UNICEF on Friday. The percentage of children who received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP3) - a marker for immunization coverage within and across countries
UN announces $5m more flood relief for Bangladesh
The United Nations (UN) has announced an additional allocation of $5 million as relief to meet the immediate needs of families caught in the deadly flooding in northeastern Bangladesh.After a coordinated appeal by the UN country team in Bangladesh, Martin Griffiths, under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, made
Arrest warrant issued against City Group chairman
A Chattogram court Thursday issued an arrest warrant against Fazlur Rahman, chair of City Group, in a case filed in 2019 by the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI). Fourth Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Shariful Islam gave the order after framing charges in the case, Advocate Ashraf Khandaker, public prosecutor for the