Ram Madhav outlined a plan prepared by the government for the development of the North East by providing the region direct access to Bangladesh's Chittagong port
3 min read15 Aug 2018SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh has revealed his company's plans to set up a sea-plane manufacturing hub in West Bengal as well as launch Kolkata-Chittagoan flight services
1 min read16 Jan 2018Many were buried by landslides as they slept in their homes
2 min read13 Jun 2017Cyclone Mora hit Bangladesh on Tuesday, packing winds of up to 135 kilometres per hour, damaging thousands of homes as more than 300,000 people fled coastal villages. In images
30 May 2017Cyclone Mora struck the islands of Saint Martin and Teknaf in Bangladesh's coastal district of Cox's Bazar, where some 200,000 people were evacuated to shelters
1 min read30 May 2017Cyclone Mora made landfall on the coast between Cox's Bazar and the main port city of Chittagong at 6:00am, says the Bangladesh Meteorological Department
1 min read30 May 2017The storm damaged 85,000 homesteads and business structures along the coastlines
1 min read22 May 2016Authorities in Bangladesh have moved about 500,000 people into 3,500 shelters, said the disaster minister
1 min read21 May 2016IOC seeks to build hydrocarbon infrastructure in Bangladesh, including an LPG import terminal, from where the fuel could be transported to India
1 min read17 Apr 2016The international airports in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet as well as the seaport in Chittagong will be monitored for the next 90 days
1 min read11 Aug 2014The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared