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Beijing ready to help Dhaka execute Teesta project

China is ready to help Bangladesh in implementing the stalled Teesta River water-management project if the government wants, says the Chinese envoy detailing new plans of cooperation following regime change here. As Ambassador Yao Wen spoke Tuesday in Dhaka on the Teesta project, northerners-commoners, politicians and civil-society rights campaigners- in...

Funds for human capital dev as dry as ever

Funds for human-capital development as dry as ever despite commitment for a must-have hike as the interim government sanctioned extremely low allocation for this purpose in the revised development budget.Officials said Tuesday the total allocation for education and health services is nearly 55-percent lower than that for local government division...

Tarique slams unneighbourly water policy of India

LALMONIRHAT, Feb 18 (UNB): Accusing India of exhibiting unneighbourly behaviour towards Bangladesh over the water issue, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday said the people of the country want to reconsider all the inequitable agreements, including the one over transshipment facilities, signed with the neighbouring country."Our neighbouring country has...

Apparel exports to EU market show steady upturn

Bangladesh's readymade garment exports to the European Union sustained a 4.8-percent growth in 2024, in what exporters see a rebound from post-accident setbacks.Apparel exports to the EU market during the January-December period of last calendar year fetched 18.27 billion euros compared to 17.44 billion earned in 2023, according to Eurostat...

ADB to enhance annual aid package by 50pc

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will increase its annual aid package by 50 per cent to $36 billion from the current $24 billion in the next one decade."The ADB approved a plan to scale up its operations by 50 per cent over the next decade, leveraging its existing capital base...

Asif Mahmud backs local govt polls before national elections

Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, the interim government's local government adviser, supports holding local-government elections before the national elections as it would help alleviate the suffering of people struggling to access public services.However, Asif stated that it was only his "personal" opinion and that the government would take the final decision...

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff

(L to R) US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend...