Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today laid the foundation stone of a Tk 4,068 crore project to build two container jetties and develop related infrastructure at Mongla Port, aiming to expand its handling capacity and modernise the port services.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman arrived in Mongla of Bagerhat this morning to attend two programmes at Mongla Port, including an MoU signing ceremony on investment and laying foundation stones for the construction of two container jetties.
Normalcy is gradually returning to the industrial areas of Savar and Ashulia after several days of unrest over demands for higher wages, with workers returning to factories on Thursday morning (November 5).
Tourist ship services between Cox’s Bazar and Saint Martin’s Island resumed after a prolonged period of uncertainty, with the first vessel of the season setting sail on Thursday morning carrying more than 800 passengers.
Police have recovered the body of an Indian medical student from a pond in Burichang upazila of Cumilla, two days after he went missing. The body was found in a pond in Monipur village on Wednesday morning.
A garment worker who was critically injured in an attack during protests in Gazipur over demands for a minimum monthly wage of Tk30,000 has died.