Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has inaugurated the special 'Family Card' distribution programme aimed at ensuring social protection and economic self-reliance for women-headed households in the country. He launched the programme at a colourful ceremony held at the T&T playground adjacent to the capital's Banani Karail slum on Tuesday morning, March 10.
The government is planning to provide free Wi-Fi facilities to students alongside teachers in educational institutions across the country, Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister Dr A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon has said.
Five thousand metric tons of diesel are arriving in Bangladesh today from the Numaligarh Refinery in Assam, India. The fuel oil is expected to reach the country via pipeline on Tuesday, March 10.
Two Bangladeshis were killed in an airstrike in Al-Kharj Governorate, Saudi Arabia. The Bangladesh government has expressed deep shock over the incident.
There is no shortage of edible oil or fuel oil in the country's market, newly appointed Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said. He made this remark during a briefing with journalists at the Secretariat on Monday, March 9.
Instructions have been issued to deploy the army to ensure security at major oil depots amid the situation arising from fuel oil marketing in the country.