Tag: Bangladesh
Mujib Killers: Bangladesh trying to bring back founding father Mujib’s killers from US, Canada
KOLKATA: Bangladesh is trying to bring back two of the fugitive army officers who were involved in shooting dead the country’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur…
Bangladesh sees surge in dengue cases in July, over 11,000 hospitalised
DHAKA: Bangladesh recorded surge in dengue cases with more than 11,000 people being hospitalised for the vector-borne disease in the first half of July, according…
Zeya: US official to be in India to talk to civil society
WASHINGTON: Uzra Zeya, a senior US diplomat in charge of democracy and human rights, will embark on a visit to India and Bangladesh beginning Saturday…
Major power crisis & ‘unusual’ heatwave make life miserable for millions in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI: Major electricity crisis, declining forex reserves, worsening currency: No, we are not talking about the situation in Pakistan, although it may sound eerily…
Cash-strapped Bangladesh shuts power plant as heatwave hits
Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant Monday because it was unable to afford the coal to fuel it, as a sweltering heatwave creates surging…
India eyes start-up exchange programme with its neighbours
India eyeing a start-up exchange programme with its neighbouring countries to boost entrepreneurial cooperation in the region. While a framework has already been put in…
Bangladesh: Thousands along Bangladesh, Myanmar coast told to seek shelter as powerful Cyclone Mocha approaches
DHAKA: Volunteers in Bangladesh’s coastal districts were using loudspeakers to urge people to seek shelter on Saturday as the delta nation braced for an extremely…
Thousands flee as Cyclone Mocha approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
SITTWE, Myanmar: Thousands fled Myanmar‘s west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in…
Bangladeshi cleric among four held for stoning woman over affair
DHAKA: An Islamic cleric and three village elders in Bangladesh were arrested on charges they ordered a woman to be caned and stoned after she…
Adani Power begins electricity supply from J’khand’s Godda plant to Bangladesh
Adani Power on Sunday said that it has begun supplying electricity from its plant in Godda in Jharkhand to Bangladesh. It is expected to commission…