Bangladesh launches lounge for millions of migrants at Dhaka airport
Dhaka, Nov 12 (IANS) The Bangladeshi government has launched a special lounge for the country’s millions of migrant workers at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the capital, Dhaka. Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus inaugurated the lounge on Monday, terming migrant workers “nation builders.” He expressed his hope that the lounge would make their travel easy, […]
Bangladesh extends int’l bid deadline for dozens of offshore oil, gas blocks
Dhaka, Oct 1 (IANS) The Bangladeshi government has extended the deadline to December for submitting bids for dozens of offshore oil and gas blocks. The extension, announced recently by the state-owned Petrobangla (Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation), is aimed at providing international companies with a more accommodating timeline to prepare and submit proposals for […]