Warming climate to hit Bangladesh hard with sea level rise: WB

DHAKA: Bangladesh will be among the most affected countries in South Asia by an expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperatures in the next decades, with rising sea levels and more extreme heat and more intense cyclones threatening food production, livelihoods, and infrastructure as well as slowing the reduction on poverty, according to a new scientific report released Wednesday by the World Bank Group.

Padma Bridge tender to be invited this month, PM tells JS

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday told parliament that tender for the Padma Bridge Project would be invited in the last week of this month and the
government will do its best to begin construction of the bridge during its present tenure.