Finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday proposed allocation of Tk 9,495 crore for the health sector in the national budget for the 2013-14 of which Tk 3,602 crore was earmarked for the development
All slums in the capital will have access to water supply service by the year 2015, said Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority managing director Taqsem A Khan on Thursday.
The Asian Development Bank will provide US$ 198 million in loans for Bangladesh to help upgrade a critical regional highway and two land ports to boost connectivity and trade across South Asia.
Bangladesh can slash greenhouse gas emissions by around 22 per cent by 2020 through introducing a variety of clean technologies that would cost less than $10 per tonne of carbon-dioxide equivalent,
Due to excessive extraction of groundwater to meet the demands of city dwellers, level of the groundwater in the capital is depleting by two to three metres every year.
The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research on Sunday reported the first bird flu death in five years after the human infection of H5N1 virus had been detected in the country.
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is going to launch articulated bus service in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Barisal and Khulna cities on March 26 by putting two buses in service in each of the ci
