BNP has emphasised organisational restructuring by raising nationwide public awareness to prevent dengue and filling vacant posts at the grassroots level. Important decisions on these matters were taken at a meeting of the party's highest policy-making forum, the National Standing Committee.
The by-election for the Thakurgaon-1 constituency will be held on October 29. With this goal, after collecting and submitting party nomination forms, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will finalise its candidate for the by-election on September 18 according to the decision of the party's nomination board.
Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said the government and the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) will work together with the aim of bringing an additional $5 billion in US investment to Bangladesh over the next five years. He said the government is fully prepared to work closely with US companies to increase investment, create employment, transfer technology and expand economic opportunities in Bangladesh.
The Ministry of Agriculture has launched a 'Fertiliser Management Control Room' to keep the country's fertiliser supply, stock and distribution situation under round-the-clock monitoring. The initiative aims to take prompt action if incidents of fertiliser crisis, irregularities, artificial crisis or sales at higher prices occur at the field level.
Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat has said work has begun to transform Bangladesh's aviation sector into a regional aviation hub. He said the aviation sector is extremely important to the goal of turning Bangladesh's economy into a trillion-dollar economy by 2034. Alongside upgrading the country's airports to international standards, multiple initiatives have been taken in passenger and cargo management, aircraft maintenance and repair, and tourism sector development.
A court has granted a 10-day remand for 24 leaders and activists of the banned Awami League arrested in an anti-terrorism case over an anti-government procession in the capital's Gulshan.