DHAKA: Despite efforts to mitigate supply disruptions, Bangladesh was forced to hike fuel prices on Sunday, as Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s economic stabilization plans are facing a setback from the US–Israeli war on Iran. A country of 170 million people, which relies on imports for 95 percent of its energy needs, Bangladesh has been struggling […]
Read MorePower, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood today (19 April) said unscrupulous traders are hoarding and black marketing fuel in different parts of the country, creating an artificial fuel crisis. “An artificial crisis is being created due to panic buying and hoarding,” he said in response to a tabled question from opposition MP […]
Read MoreBangladesh and China today (8 February) signed a framework agreement worth RMB1.67 billion (around Tk2,486.31 crore) to procure four vessels for the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), aiming to strengthen maritime transport capacity and energy security. The agreement was signed by Md Shahriar Kader Siddiky, secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD), and Yao Wen, ambassador […]
Read MoreBangladesh and Pakistan’s air chiefs have held a discussion on the “potential procurement” of JF-17 Thunder aircraft, according to the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate of Pakistan. Bangladesh Air Force Chief Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan met Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Chief Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu in Islamabad. Khan headed a senior defence […]
Read MoreDHAKA: A Bangladesh commission investigating disappearances during the rule of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina said Monday at least 287 people were assumed to have been killed. The commission said some corpses were believed to have been dumped in rivers, including the Buriganga in the capital, Dhaka, or buried in mass graves. The government-appointed commission, […]
Read MoreIndia’s transparency watchdog has upheld a decision not to disclose exporter-wise details of limestone shipments to Bangladesh from the northeastern state of Meghalaya, ruling that the information is protected under the commercial confidence provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Central Information Commission (CIC) said there was no overriding public interest in making […]
Read MoreDHAKA: Millions of supporters crowded the streets of Dhaka on Thursday to welcome Tarique Rahman, acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who has returned to his country after more than 17 years in exile. Rahman, the son of ailing former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, waved to the large crowds from the front of a […]
Read MoreA total of 157 migrants from Bangladesh and Pakistan have been granted Indian citizenship in two separate state-level events held in Gujarat and Odisha under India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA). According to a report by Mint, Gujarat’s Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi handed over citizenship certificates to 122 Pakistan-origin migrants in Ahmedabad on Thursday, […]
Read MoreDHAKA: Bangladesh’s next national elections would be held on Feb. 12, eighteen months after former Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina was ousted through a mass uprising following weeks of violence that left hundreds dead and thousands injured, the chief election commissioner said Thursday. A.M.M. Nasir Uddin confirmed the date in a televised address to the nation. […]
Read MoreBy Biman Mukherji Two months before Bangladesh heads to the polls for the first time since the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, the most established party still in the race, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), is facing deep uncertainty as its two top figures are either gravely ill or stuck abroad. BNP chair Begum Khaleda […]
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