Onrush of water from the upstream and heavy rainfall triggered by monsoon showers over the last several days inundated vast areas of six districts–Sirajganj, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Gaibandha, Pabna and Lalmonirhat, on Monday, report agencies.
The flood situation in the districts has worsened following the rise in water level of different rivers.
In Sirajganj, the flood situation in [...]

Dhaka has requested Kuala Lumpur to extend the timeframe for registration in the enforcement card (e-card) programme for Bangladeshi workers staying in Malaysia, officials said.
Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur in a letter made the request, as many workers failed to avail the opportunity due to different reasons, including involvement of middlemen in the process, [...]

International Finance Corporation (IFC) signs a financing agreement with Excelerate Energy Bangladesh Limited today (Tuesday) to facilitate construction of the country's first LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal at Moheshkhali island in the Bay of Bengal.
The IFC, the private sector arm of the World Bank, is set to finance the US-based company for developing the project [...]

The long-awaited guideline for roll-out of the 4th generation cellular mobile phone services in the country is set to trigger further debate within the telecom industry over the issue of technology neutrality fee.  
The draft guideline, which was posted on the website of the Post and Telecommunication Division last week, is now being reviewed by [...]

CHITTAGONG, July 10: The Chittagong district administration on Monday directed the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Sitakunda to immediately submit a report on grabbers of government land at Jungle Salimpur.
Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Md Zillur Rahman Chowdhury also censured Nazmul Islam Bhuiyan, UNO of Sitakunda upazila, for being inactive against the illegal grabbers and for [...]

The fourth death anniversary of eminent jurist and constitution expert Dr Muhammad Zahir will be observed today (Tuesday), according to a press release.
He passed away on July 11, 2013.
In this connection, his family has arranged a Qurankhwani and a doa mahfil at his Dhanmondi residence in the city.
Dr M Zahir taught Company Law at Dhaka [...]

Asian stocks rallied on Monday, lifted by Wall Street's strong performance on Friday, while the US dollar extended gains made after much stronger than expected June employment data.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan advanced 0.55 per cent while Japan's Nikkei rose 0.7 per cent.
Australian stocks were up 0.6 per cent and South Korea's [...]

US President Donald Trump's son agreed to meet a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer last year after being promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reports.
Donald Trump Jr said he met Natalia Veselnitskaya but that "no meaningful information" on Mrs Clinton was shared.
Also at the meeting was the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign [...]

Bangladesh ranked 120th among 157 countries in progress report on the UN-designated universal development model called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), standing behind most regional peers even.   
Such a rating is revealed in the latest SDG Index prepared by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network that did a stocktaking of what nations attained in two [...]

The government will go ahead with the coal-fired Rampal power plant as it announced Sunday the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO withdrew its objection.
Prime Minister's Adviser on Energy issues Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury told newsmen that the panel of the UN agency lifted its previous objection last week following a successful move from the government.
"Construction of [...]