The Home Ministry has proposed an allocation of Tk 6,608.14 crore to procure 5,830 vehicles for Bangladesh Police, aiming to address longstanding fleet shortages, improve emergency response and strengthen law enforcement operations nationwide.
The body of Bangladeshi worker Md Shahed Ahmed, who was killed in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been brought back to Bangladesh.
Around 7,500 Bangladeshis are currently held in various prisons in Saudi Arabia, and the government is working to take the necessary steps on their cases. Foreign Affairs State Minister Shama Obaed Islam gave this information to journalists in Dhaka on Friday (23 October).
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan has been hospitalised at Evercare Hospital in the capital with respiratory and cardiac complications.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has temporarily shut down its website as a precautionary measure to protect it against a potential cyberattack.
Japan is expected to arrange private-sector investments worth 1 trillion yen, equivalent to around US$6.35 billion, in Bangladesh over the next five years, according to a report published by Japan's Nikkei Asia newspaper.