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Nearly 86,000 foreigners legally working in Bangladesh

Nearly 86,000 foreigners legally working in Bangladesh

Dipu Sarwar
As many as 85,486 citizens of 44 countries are working legally at over 1,000 local and multinational companies in Bangladesh with neighbouring...Details
House passes law with death penalty for yaba offence

House passes law with death penalty for yaba offence

Bangla Tribune Report
Parliament has passed the Narcotics Control Bill 2018 with a provision of death penalty for yaba manufacturing, distribution and trade.Home...Details
Tk 5.59b allowance for freedom fighters released

Tk 5.59b allowance for freedom fighters released

Bangla Tribune Desk
The government has released Tk 5.59 billion as honorary allowance for the freedom fighters for three months from October to December in the second...Details
Hasina solicits vote for Awami League in Barguna

Hasina solicits vote for Awami League in Barguna

Bangla Tribune Desk
Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina has urged the people to vote for her party, the Awami League, at the national elections. She made the appeal while...Details
Transport workers call 48-hour strike from Sunday

Transport workers call 48-hour strike from Sunday

Bangla Tribune Report
Transport workers union has called a 48-hour countrywide strike from Sunday to press their eight demands, including amendment to the...Details
No plan to shut down Tejgaon airport: Hasina

No plan to shut down Tejgaon airport: Hasina

Bangla Tribune Desk
Ruled out the possibility of closing down the old airport at Dhaka’s Tejgaon, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that it belongs to the air force...Details
Master plan for southern region’s development: Hasina

Master plan for southern region’s development: Hasina

Bangla Tribune Desk
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government is taking all projects under a master plan for development of the southern region of the country...Details
CEC hopeful on using EVMs in national election

CEC hopeful on using EVMs in national election

Khulna Correspondent
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda says he hopes Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) can be introduced in the upcoming national...Details
PM inaugurates Payra Power Plant Rehabilitation Project

PM inaugurates Payra Power Plant Rehabilitation Project

Bangla Tribune Desk
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated Payra Power Plant Rehabilitation Project at Patuakhali’s Kolapara. The premier opened the scheme...Details
PM greets dominant Tigers

PM greets dominant Tigers

Bangla Tribune Desk
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday extended her heartiest congratulation to the national cricket team for whitewashing Zimbabwe in the one-day...Details
President returns from Geneva

President returns from Geneva

Bangla Tribune Desk
President M Abdul Hamid returned home on Saturday morning after wrapping up his five-day official visit to Geneva of Switzerland, reports BSS.An...Details
EVM exhibitions in eight regions on Saturday

EVM exhibitions in eight regions on Saturday

Bangla Tribune Desk
The Election Commission (EC) has organized exhibitions on using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in eight regions across the country ahead of the...Details
Automated traffic lights at Dhaka intersections

Automated traffic lights at Dhaka intersections

Shahed Shafiq
Dhaka South City Corporation has started re-using time-controlled automated traffic signals to control traffic at 20 points in the capital on a...Details
Follow rules to avoid being duped by human traffickers: Minister

Follow rules to avoid being duped by human traffickers: Minister

Jamal Uddin
Despite government efforts, human trafficking is going on to India, Malaysia, the middle-east and other countries. Enticing the gullible with...Details
Hasina optimistic about AL’s victory in next polls

Hasina optimistic about AL’s victory in next polls

Bangla Tribune Desk
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her firm optimism about Awami League’s victory in the upcoming general elections and said the...Details
Dhaka closely monitoring Colombo development

Dhaka closely monitoring Colombo development

Bangla Tribune Report
Dhaka is closely monitoring the development in Sri Lanka, a South Asian neighbour, where high voltage political drama unfolded when Sri Lankan...Details
President leaves Geneva for Dhaka

President leaves Geneva for Dhaka

Bangla Tribune Desk
President M Abdul Hamid left Geneva on Friday for Dubai en route home wrapping up his five-day official visit to Switzerland to attend the summit...Details
Today’s children to build Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla, hopes PM

Today’s children to build Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla, hopes PM

Bangla Tribune Desk
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed the hope that the children of today will build ‘Sonar Bangla’ in future as per the dream of...Details
PM’s daylong visit to Patuakhali, Barguna Saturday

PM’s daylong visit to Patuakhali, Barguna Saturday

Bangla Tribune Desk
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina goes to Patuakhali and Barguna on a daylong visit on Saturday (Oct 27) to see the Payra Port and the Payra Power Plant...Details
WB approves $425m to improve rural bridges in Bangladesh

WB approves $425m to improve rural bridges in Bangladesh

Bangla Tribune Desk
The World Bank on Thursday approved $425 million to improve road connections in Bangladesh through building, maintaining and improving rural...Details
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