Tag: Dhaka
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BCB offers Sher-e-Bangla Stadium to government as a potential quarantine centre
Notably, the number of COVID-19 infected cases in Bangladesh continues to increase with each passing day and the country is looking to add more substance to its healthcare infrastructure.
March 28, 2020 -
Voting in Dhaka by-polls amid COVID-19 pandemic
Bangladesh has so far reported 20 coronavirus cases, with one fatality.
March 21, 2020 -
Raging blaze sweeps Bangladesh slum
Shikder said the exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.
March 11, 2020 -
Modi unlikely to visit Dhaka in view of coronavirus
Bangladesh yesterday reported its first three cases of the coronavirus that led to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holding an emergency meeting of the committee overseeing the celebrations of “Mujib Barsha" (Year of Mujib) over the next 12 months.
March 9, 2020 -
Modi to visit Dhaka amid tensions in ties over CAA, NRC
The authorities in Bangladesh are taking stringent security measures to ensure that Modi's visit passes off smoothly in the wake of protests in parts of the country over the CAA and the recent communal riots in Delhi.
March 7, 2020 -
Netaji’s kin and former Trinamul MP, Krishna Bose, passes away at 89
Bose was admitted to the hospital with irregular heart beat on 16 February and suffered a cerebral attack on17 February and remained in critical condition, hospital sources said.
February 23, 2020 -
Mamata likely to visit Bangladesh on 17 March
Bangladesh Prime Minister and Mujibur Rahman’s daughter Sheikh Hasina has invited Miss Banerjee, with whom she shares a very cordial relationship, to attend the event.
February 9, 2020 -
B’desh scraps plans to evacuate remaining nationals from China
Momen also said on Saturday that it would have been possible to evacuate the Bangladeshis if the government could manage a chartered Chinese plane.
February 9, 2020 -
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia completes 2 years in prison
The two graft cases involve the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust.
February 8, 2020 -
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina to launch e-passport distribution in Dhaka
The decision on introducing digital passport comes less than a decade after Bangladesh switched from manual to the machine-readable passport.
January 20, 2020 -
50 people die as cold spell continues in Bangladesh
It has been cloudy in Dhaka for the last couple of days. BMD recorded Dhaka's temperature at 12.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday.
December 27, 2019 -
Citizenship and ties with Bangladesh
In the 2019 manifesto the party said, “We will continue to undertake effective steps to prevent illegal immigration in the north-eastern states.”
December 15, 2019 -
Comeuppance in Dhaka
The crackdown, which must of necessity be sustained, underlines the extent to which the Islamist militants are entrenched in a supposedly moderate ~ albeit less than liberal ~ Bangladesh under the Awami League, which brought the country freedom.
December 3, 2019 -
Bangladesh court sentences 7 Islamist to death for 2016 cafe attack
Mizanur Rahman alias Boro Mizan, a suspect in the case has already been acquitted.
November 27, 2019 -
7 killed in Bangladesh building collapse after blast, many inured
All the injured have been admitted to the hospital, including some in critical condition. The death toll may rise, Boshak added.
November 17, 2019 -
15 dead after two trains collide in Bangladesh, several injured
The accident snapped Dhaka's rail links with Chattogram and Sylhet.
November 12, 2019 -
Randeep Hooda begins shooting for Rat On A Highway in Scotland
Most of the shooting of the film will take place in the night with the makers hoping to wrap up the actor's portion in a month's time.
August 20, 2019