Bangladesh
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Mymensingh Municipality to turn into city corporation
Nov 20, 2017After declaring Mymensingh as a divisional headquarters, the government has now decided to upgrade the municipality to a city corporation. The National Implementation Committee for Administrative Reorganisation or NICAR, headed by the prime minister, cleared the... -
Hospitals cannot refuse to handover dead patients to relatives for unpaid bills in Bangladesh
Nov 20, 2017The High Court has ruled that hospitals cannot refuse to hand over dead patients to their relatives over unpaid hospital bills and medical costs. The court has also ordered the formation of a fund to help... -
Bangladesh building ‘Sheikh Hasina Cantonment’ to add coastal areas to national defence system
Nov 14, 2017Bangladesh is going to build a cantonment named after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a shoal in the coastal district of Patuakhali on the bank of the Payra River. The government will fund around Tk 17... -
Bengal classical music festival set for Dec, chooses Abahani field as venue
Nov 14, 2017The Bengal Foundation’s classical music festival has finally found a venue: Dhanmondi’s Abahani field. The five-day festival will start on Dec 26. Most of the Indian subcontinent artists and musicians invited to the event have agreed... -
Bangladesh’s economic growth hits record 7.28% in FY17
Nov 14, 2017The GDP growth and per capita income for FY2017 are slightly higher than previous estimates. Bangladesh’s economic growth accelerated to 7.28 percent in the year to June 30, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said at a... -
Top 10 private university in Bangladesh 2017
Nov 10, 2017Brac best among private universities in Bangladesh. Other top private universities are North South University, Independent University Bangladesh, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology and American International University Bangladesh Dhaka Tribune and Bangla Tribune have jointly... -
JSC questions leaked on social media in Bangladesh
Nov 10, 2017Students are getting not only leaked questions of the ongoing Junior School Certificate or JSC examinations but also their answers via social media apps. Questions that were put on Facebook as ‘leaked ones’ for English paper-2... -
Bangladesh and India set to open Khulna-Kolkata rail service
Nov 9, 2017Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to jointly launch today with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi the Khulna-Kolkata train service and open two bridges on railway routes connecting Dhaka with Sylhet and Chittagong. Officials said... -
Bangladeshi app developers to sell products on Google Play
Nov 8, 2017Tech giant Google has inducted Bangladesh’s name in its merchant account, paving way for country’s android-based application developers to sell their products on Google Play, official app store for the android operating system. “Though we have... -
Maj Zia was present when Avijit Roy was murdered in Bangladesh
Nov 7, 2017News Hour: Counterterrorism police have arrested one person in connection with the murder of blogger and writer Avijit Roy. Md Abu Siddique Sohel, 34, was arrested in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area on Sunday night, said Dhaka Metropolitan...
