The longstanding dream of having a specialised burn and plastic surgery unit in Chattogram has moved closer to being realised as the project's proposal has been finalised, showing the funding will come mostly from China and the rest from the Bangladesh government. According to the Development Project Proposal, China will be providing 118 million yuan (around Tk180 crore)
Sales of ceramics items have dropped by up to 20 per cent in Bangladesh as consumers cut back on their non-essential expenditures and the real estate sector faces a slowdown amid economic uncertainty and higher inflationary pressures, industry people said.
At least six people have been killed and dozens more were injured after an explosion at an oxygen manufacturing unit in southeastern Bangladesh, officials say.
Nazmul Huda, a senior lawyer and former BNP leader who served as a minister in Khaleda Zia’s cabinet, has died under hospital care in Dhaka at the age of 80.