The Asian Development Bank today approved a $250 million loan to support the Government of Bangladesh in operationalising and institutionalising key reforms to improve the efficiency, coverage and effectiveness of the country’s social protection system. The financing, under Subprogram 2 of the...
Thirteen years after the collapse of Rana Plaza, the trial in the widely discussed murder case remains unresolved, with legal proceedings prolonged by the absence of key witnesses. Prosecutors, however, have now taken a fresh initiative to expedite the case by shortening the witness list after...
Bus fares per kilometre have been raised by 11 poisha following an increase in fuel prices. In Dhaka and Chattogram metropolitan areas, the fare for buses and minibuses has gone up from Tk 2.42 to Tk 2.53 per kilometre. On long-distance routes, the bus fare has increased from Tk 2.12 to Tk 2.23...
While electricity supply in urban areas has remained relatively stable during the intense heat, load-shedding in rural Bangladesh has assumed alarming proportions, leaving daily life severely disrupted. In the searing months of Chaitra and Baishakh, prolonged outages in areas served by the rural...
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told parliament today that the country is facing a shortage of measles testing kits and that vaccine imports had been halted for years under previous governments. He said measles vaccines for children had not been imported for several years under the Sheikh Hasina-led...
Bangladesh’s already strained energy supply chain has suffered a fresh setback after a technical fault at a floating LNG terminal sharply reduced gas availability, triggering low pressure across key industrial and urban areas. In an urgent notice, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company...
