Bangladesh and China have signed nine instruments during the Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus ongoing China tour.
An agreement was signed on Economic and Technical Cooperation between the two governments, Chief Adviser Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS.
He said eight other documents were signed for cooperation in the areas of development, translation and publication of classical literary work, exchange and cooperation on cultural heritage, news exchange and media, and health sector.
Foreign currency reserves have crossed US$25 billion mark before the end of March thanks to a record inflow of remittances this month.
The country gross reserves have risen to $25.44 billion, according to data released by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) Thursday night.
The surge came after a significant increase in remittance inflows, which reached $2.94 billion in the first 26 days of March, the highest for any month in the country history.
Ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the largest festival of the Muslim, an estimated five million people are expected to leave Dhaka city between Thursday afternoon and midnight Sunday, creating a massive surge in the capital transportation hubs.
Eid-ul-Fitre is expected to be celebrated in the country on Monday next week. Today (Thursday) was the last working day before the Eid-vacation starts. Though there was no rush of the homebound people in the city Saidabad, Gabtoli and Jatrabari bus terminals on Thursday morning. But the presence of the homebound people started to increase from afternoon and it would go to extreme rush from evening to late night.
The city main terminals, including the Sadarghat Launch Terminal, Kamalapur Railway Station, and various bus terminals, are already witnessing overwhelming crowds from Thursday evening as homebound people rush to head village homes for the Eid festival. The majority of these Eid travelers are residents of Dhaka two city corporations and nearby areas, both permanent and temporary.
According to data from the National Committee for Protection of Roads, Railways, and Shipping, as well as the Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF), a substantial three million people will travel by road, while 1.5 million will take the train, and around 0.9 million will travel by waterways.
July Square has been inaugurated at Hospital Moor of the district town to commemorate the martyrs of the July 24 mass uprising.
Deputy Commissioner Saiful Islam inaugurated the structure on Wednesday afternoon.
Municipality administrator and deputy director of Local Government Department Golam Mohammad Baten, executive engineer Mohammad Zakir Uddin, deputy assistant engineer Biplob Kumar Nath, Shaheed Istiak Ahmed Shravan father Nesar Uddin and Jatiya Nagorik Party organizer Shah Wali Ullah Manik were present, among others, at the event.
Municipality administrator Golam Mohammad said that at the initiative of the municipality July Square was constructed spending Taka 28 lakh.