Congested Dhaka navigates clean transport, jobs with first metro rail

Shamsul Haque, a leading transport expert and professor at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, said, “Heavy air pollution and sweltering heat often make Dhaka’s streets feel like a gas chamber, and the metro rail is a big step towards solving the problem.” Might be a step.” Technology (BUET). Meanwhile, transportation’s share of Bangladesh’s […]

US Secretary of State Blinken’s advisor Cholet arrives in Dhaka

He will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday. The delegation includes Clinton White, Counsel to the Administrator at USAID, Elizabeth Horst, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, US State Department, and Beth Van Schaak, Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice. Bangladesh will continue to […]

Bangladesh will become a technologically advanced country and will not look back: Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh will become a “technologically developed smart country” and will never look back. Addressing the 43rd National Assembly of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP as the chief guest at Shafipur in Ghazipur on Sunday, Hasina said, “Bangladesh is moving forward and will continue to do so.” Hasina, chairperson of […]

Hasina warns citizens of ‘conspiracy to usurp power’ ahead of elections

Hasina called upon political parties and organizations that believe in democracy and the rule of law not to harbor any ideas that obstruct the procedure laid down by the Constitution to govern the country. Hasina said the Election Commission, restored under the new law, has financial independence. Awami League is the party of the people. […]

PM reaffirms optimism to resolve Teesta water sharing issue with India

National PM reaffirms optimism to resolve Teesta water sharing issue with India Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday once again expressed hope that Bangladesh and India would be able to resolve Teesta river water sharing and other issues through discussions. He said this when newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma called on […]