India and Bangladesh's cross-border bus service resumed, two years after its suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The flagging off marked the opening of the bus services through the Akhaura-Agartala and Benapole-Haridaspur Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) between the two ...

Bangladesh remains the top recipient of Covid-19 vaccine doses under COVAX in one year as UNICEF delivered over 190 million doses of vaccines to Bangladesh. COVAX is responsible for more than 62 percent of the doses delivered to Bangladesh.The vaccines came through COVAX, the global ...

Bangladesh has uncovered a new gas field with the capacity to produce 20 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) at the Koilastila Gas field. Koilastila Gas Field is one of the five gas fields which was purchased from the Shell Oil company by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan package of USD 143 million for Bangladesh to support government efforts to speed up the growth by improving the efficiency, predictability, and security of cross-border trade. The ADB loan package includes a $90 million ...

Govt of Bangladesh has announced the nomination for its highest civilian award-Independence Award for 2022. Winners: Freedom Fighter Ilias Ahmed Chowdhury Martyr Colonel Khandaker Nazmul Huda (Bir Bikram) Abdul Jalil, Siraj Uddin Ahmed Late Mohammad Sahiuddin Bishwas Late ...

Bangladesh tops the list in terms of women on board of listed companies in South Asia, as per the study conducted by International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). According to data, there was an increase in the percentage of women who are ...

The foundation stone for the third border haat at Kamalpur-Kumarghat on Tripura- Bangladesh border was laid on Thursday jointly by the Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb and Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi. High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami was also ...

A three day long National Dance Festival (first time) has been inaugurated at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka. It has been organised by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in which 75 troupes from across the country will perform. The performances will take ...

The Bangladesh government will set up an e-commerce regulatory body to monitor the sector properly. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said that the government will enact a detailed e-commerce law also to regulate this sector. The step has been taken after a major e-commerce company of Bangladesh ...

In its first movement, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) ship  flagged off from Dhubri in Assam to Narayanganj in Bangladesh that carried Bhutanese cargo. The ship - MV AAI - has set sail from Dhubri in Assam and will travel to Narayanganj in Bangladesh, over river Brahmaputra and ...