While visiting India I said this government has to be kept...
August 20 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen in the event of Janmashtami at JM Sen Hall in Chattogram city on 18 August 2022Prothom Alo
Foreign...
Felani murder a shame for India: Rights activist Kiriti Ro...
August 14 ,2022
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By: Suvojit Bagchi, Kolkata
Kirity Roy is general secretary of Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), based in West Bengal, India. He talked to Prothom Alo over the...
Time to reform: Lack of transparency may worsen economic s...
August 12 ,2022
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By: Pratim Ranjan Bose
No government is perfect and every economy has its share of skeletons in the cupboard. However, for a democratic nation, Bangladesh mad...
Bangladesh’s economic crisis: How did we get here?
August 6 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s willingness to support Bangladesh’s request for a 4.5 billion dollar bail...
State of China's Ambassador to Bangladesh: ‘China apprecia...
August 5 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Chinese ambassador to Dhaka Li Jiming said the recently concluded visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan has sent a wrong sig...
Global gas crunch leaves Bangladesh facing blackouts until...
August 4 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
A protest against the recent electricity crisis in Dhaka on July 25. Photographer: Rehman Asad/NurPhoto/Getty Images
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Bangladesh outshone India. Now it Must learn from its neig...
August 4 ,2022
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By: Andy Mukherjee
In the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, and exactly 50 years after it became independent, Bangladesh passed a major test. Last year, th...
Fuel crisis cuts electricity in Bangladesh, sparking energ...
August 2 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Robiul Islam, 29, sits in the dark at his home in the Kalurgh...
Foreign debt: Loan repayment to double within 3 years
August 2 ,2022
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By: Jahangir Shah
Bangladesh will have to pay huge amount of loan with capital and interest in next 10-15 years and the volume of loan repayment will dou...
Bangladesh: Awami League worried over economic crisis
August 1 ,2022
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By: Anowar Hossain
Persistent high prices of essentials coupled with increased fuel oil costs have resulted in a rise in people’s living costs. Mean...
Bangladesh’s population reaches 165 million
July 28 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh’s current population is 165,158,616 (16 crore 51 lakh 58 thousand 616) according to the 'Population and Housing Census...
With what new message has the new governor started
July 28 ,2022
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By: Shawkat Hossain
Abdur Rouf Talukder took over as the 12th governor of Bangladesh Bank for four years on 12 July. He was basically a bureaucrat of the a...
Blackouts bedevil Bangladesh as South Asia forex worries m...
July 28 ,2022
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By: Faisal Mahmud
A woman fans a baby by candlelight during a recent blackout in Bangladesh. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu)
DHAKA -- Bangladesh...
Turkish entrepreneurs show increased interest in Banglades...
July 25 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Mustafa Osman TuranProthom Alo
Mustafa Osman Turan has been the ambassador of Turkey in Bangladesh since February 2020. He has bee...
Bangladesh to purchase Turkish fighter drone
July 24 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bayraktar TB2Baykar Technology
Bangladesh is set to purchase a Turkish combat drone -- Bayraktar TB2 – that Ukraine has been...
Teen from Chattogram secures Guinness World Record
July 24 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
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Ayman Mohammad, 16, has registered his name in the Guinness Book of World Records by stacking 75 coins into a tower within a m...
Bangladesh loosens its booze laws
July 24 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Despite its location on one of the busiest streets in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, Eram is almost impossible for newcomers t...
Exporters worry as orders fall and costs shoot up
July 24 ,2022
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By: Shuvonkar Karmokar
Alps Apparels started production in Mirpur 30 years ago and the factory later relocated to Jirabo in Ashulia. Alps basically manufactur...
'The energy crisis has been created by filling the pockets...
M Shamsul Alam
Professor M Shamsul Alam is an energy expert, dean of the engineering faculty at Daffodil University and energy aff...
Sri Lanka crisis a warning to 'Asian nations including Ban...
July 21 ,2022
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By: SAM Staff
Women crowd at an onion selling point of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) following a hike in the prices of the staple veg...
Why is there a gas crisis in a country that is gas-rich?
July 16 ,2022
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By: Badrul Imam
Bangladesh, at present, has enough power generation capacity to claim that its "electricity to all" campaign is a success, and to make...
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