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Transforming agriculture: Bangladesh moving towards high-value crops

As part of its crop diversification and boosting agricultural output in Bangladesh, the government is taking region-based projects to promote the cultivation of new and high-value crops, and bring fallow, char and haor lands under cultivation

Closure of educational institutions likely to be extended in Bangladesh

The educational institutions across the country are likely to remain shut for more days as a favourable environment has not been created yet to reopen those

26 Dhaka policemen to be fired after failing dope tests

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has announced that it was terminating 26 personnel for failing dope tests, it was reported

Bangladesh ports warned against continued rains

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has asked the maritime ports to continue with the Local Cautionary Signal No. 3 as strong monsoon persists over the North Bay of Bengal, the media reported

Pandemic burdens Bangladeshi women with more household chores. But they go unappreciated

Jannatul Rupi, a health assistant in Kurigram’s Belgachhi, has been overburdened with tasks both at home and work for the past six months since the coronavirus epidemic struck Bangladesh

All Saudi-bound Bangladeshi passengers test negative, will receive COVID-19 certificates at Dhaka airport

All the expatriate Bangladeshis who are scheduled to fly for Saudi Arabia tonight have tested negative for COVID-19

Bangladesh reports 1,383 new COVID-19 cases, 21 more deaths

Bangladesh reported 1,383 new COVID-19 cases and 21 new deaths on Friday, making the tally at 356,767 and death toll at 5,093, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said

Reinforce economic diplomacy to boost trade: Bangladesh PM to diplomats

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked Bangladeshi diplomats to reinforce economic diplomacy for expanding trade and business to achieve economic self-reliance for the country

Bangladesh COVID-19 cases rise to 355,384, death toll reaches 5,072

Bangladesh reported 1,540 new COVID-19 cases and 28 new deaths, making the tally at 355,384 and death toll at 5,072, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said

Bangladesh transfers 34 police officers in shake-up after ex-major’s murder

The Bangladesh government has transferred all 34 police inspectors of Cox’s Bazar in a major shake-up around two months after the shooting death of former major Sinha Md Rashed Khan at a checkpoint

No promotion without exams for 8th graders in Bangladesh

Education boards have decided that school authorities should hold assessments to graduate eighth-grade students to the next grade and there should be no scope for promotion without examinations

'Riyadh’s pressure on Dhaka unfair'

The Saudi Arabian pressure on Bangladesh to issue passports to 54,000 Rohingyas and bring back 462 others is unacceptable and unfair, analysts and Rohingya activists have said

Bangladeshi expats workers can enter Oman from October 1

Oman will open its border from October 1 for Bangladeshi expatriate workers, who have been stuck here amid flight suspension due to COVID-19 pandemic since March last

Bangladesh tells primary schools to prepare for reopening

The primary and mass education ministry on Wednesday also outlined the sectors from where the costs of preparation will come

Government procurement in Bangladesh: Gifts, trips secure contracts

Bidders need to give bribes in the form of financial benefits, arrange trips and host dinners for government officials in Bangladesh to win public procurement contracts, says a World Bank report