Govt plans four-lane highways to spice up south-western region
FHM Humayan KabirThe government has planned to build the country's longest multi-lane highways in south-western region to boost the rural economy, officials said Saturday. Government officials said the state-owned Roads and Highways Department (RHD) would construct a 237-kilometre four-lane road between Faridpur and Kuakanta via Bhanga-Barisal-Patuakahli.
Initially, an official said,...
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Australia AG rejects lawyers' bid to prosecute Suu Kyi
Australia's attorney general said that Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has diplomatic immunity, rejecting a bid by activist lawyers to prosecute her for crimes against humanity over the country's treatment of minority Rohingya Muslims, reports Reuters.Nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar to Bangladesh after militant attacks on Aug 25...
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Ministry asks BRTA to start gradual replacement
The authorities have directed the road transport agency to start the process of scrapping CNG-run auto-rickshaws from Dhaka and Chittagong whose life has expired, officials said.The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges sent Thursday a notice to the chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority with an order to form a...
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Protect Rohingyas as monsoon nears: UN
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to work harder for the protection of Rohingyas as the monsoon is approaching, reports UNB."With the monsoon season approaching, we must work even harder," he said in video message at the launch of joint response plan for the Rohingya refugee...
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Russia expels 23 British diplomats in retaliation
Russia expelled 23 British diplomats on Saturday in a retaliatory move over British accusations that the Kremlin orchestrated a nerve toxin attack on a former Russian double agent and his daughter in southern England, reports Reuters.Escalating a crisis in relations, Russia said it was also shutting down the activities of...
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