Dhaka elevated expressway construction stalled
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has stayed the transfer of Italian-Thai company's shares in the Dhaka Elevated Expressway to China's Sinohydro Corporation Limited.
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India will work seriously for easing visa process
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has requested India's Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra to ease the visa processing for Bangladeshi citizens. In response, India's foreign secretary said that they are looking into the matter sincerely. Hasan Mahmud said this to reporters emerging out of a meeting with the Indian foreign secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Segunbagicha in the capital on Thursday (May 9) morning.
AstraZeneca vaccination will continue: Health minister
At a time when AstraZeneca is withdrawing its covid vaccine from the market admitting that it has ‘dangerous’ side effects, Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samant Lal Sen has said that the AstraZeneca vaccination programme will continue in Bangladesh as no harmful symptoms have been found among the people who received the vaccine in the country so far.
No cattle market allowed at Aftabnagar: HC
The High Court on Wednesday (May 8) stayed the leasing process to set up cattle market at Aftabnagar in the capital on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha. Consequently, lawyers stated that there would be no cattle market set up in Aftabnagar before Eid-ul-Azha this year.
Countrywide thunderstorms expected to persist for another 5 days
After a month-long spell of intense heatwave, the much-awaited rains have finally arrived. According to the Meteorological Department, this rainfall is expected to continue for at least the next five days.
BASIS executive committee election for 2024-26 term underway
The election for the executive committee of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) for the term 2024-26 is underway in the capital.