Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon today said a time-befitting media policy and a media commission will be formed by July-August next to ensure the interests of all parties - journalists, owners and newspaper employees.
Singapore has expressed strong interest in investing a significant amount in the under-construction Bay Terminal project at Chattogram Port. The country has indicated a desire to invest approximately 800 million to 1 billion US dollars in the terminal's infrastructure development. Singapore-based firms have also shown interest in taking over the management of the Bay Terminal.
The price of gold in Bangladesh has been reduced again following a downturn in the international market. The Bangladesh Jewellers' Association has cut the price by up to Tk 4,374 per bhori (11.664 grams) under its new decision, effective from Tuesday, May 19.
Students protesting against the newly appointed Vice Chancellor have declared a ‘complete shutdown’ of the Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) campus. As a result, academic and administrative activities of the university located in Gazipur have come to a virtual standstill.
Farzana Mamtaz, secretary of the Power Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, has been transferred and attached to the Ministry of Public Administration.
After a long wait, northern Bangladesh’s gateway city Bogura has officially begun its journey as a city corporation. M R Islam Swadhin has been appointed as the first full-time administrator of the newly formed Bogura City Corporation.