The government increased prices of edible oil yesterday, less than a month after doing the same citing price hike in the international market.

China yesterday offered to provide 100,000 doses of Chinese coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh for emergency use.

The Ministry of Information has been renamed as the “Ministry of Information and Broadcasting”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday commissioned two new Dash 8-Q400 aircraft in the Biman Bangladesh fleet, three months after the state-run airlines inducted one short-haul craft of the same brand which now enhanced the fleet strength to 21.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government will set up community vision centres in all upazilas across the country in phases to provide better eyecare services to local people.

After years’ of process, 10 locomotives bought from Hyundai Rotem reached Bangladesh without the alternators specified in the contract, but the railways minister is now questioning the order itself.

With the Covid infection rate on the rise, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the people to follow the health safety protocols to check the spread of the virus in the country.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the country’s women to become more qualified through education and training to realise their own rights.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate “Maitri Setu” (Friendship Bridge) between Bangladesh and India today through videoconferencing.

Alongside Bangabandhu Memorial in Tungipara, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Orakandi, a sacred shrine of the “Matua” community in Gopalganj, and “Satipith” in Shikarpur, Barishal, during his upcoming Bangladesh visit.

Saudi Arabia’s health ministry has ruled that only people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be allowed to attend the hajj this year, Saudi newspaper Okaz reported on Monday.

To replenish the country’s fast-depleting food stock, the government has approved a proposal to lessen the time of bidding process by over a month for ensuring a faster import of rice.

South Korean Hyundai Rotem Company has supplied 10 locomotives to Bangladesh Railway deviating from some clauses of the contract, a probe committee has found.

Managing Director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah has been appointed chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission.

The High Court yesterday directed the Department of Environment (DoE) to take appropriate legal action against 30 washing plants in Keraniganj for polluting the Buriganga.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged insurance companies to take initiatives so that the level of awareness among people could be raised over the benefits of opening insurance policies.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen advised the media not to provide publicity to foreign missions’ statements expressing concern over Bangladesh’s internal issues and termed it a nuisance.

The first phase of Bangladesh’s first metro rail project is now visible as the last viaduct of this part was installed yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is committed to sustaining Bangladesh’s recognition as a developing country through the expansion of education and building skilled workforce and worthy citizens.

Fifty-one noted citizens yesterday demanded a judicial probe into writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in prison and the probe report be made public.