Development Activities

Development Activities

Banjop Kraithong, 54, a local fisherman, removes crabs from a fishing net in Lang Suan district, Chumphon province, Thailand, 19 May 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa

Thailand revives $30b coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca Strait

The 900-km-long Malacca Strait is bounded by Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and provides the shortest sea ⁠route from East Asia to the Middle East and Europe

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

10 priorities of the proposed budget

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman speaking at a civic reception at the Sylhet Nagar Bhaban on 2 May 2026. Photo: TBS

80% of 1 lakh new healthcare workers to be women, says PM

Officials of UNOPS Bangladesh and other development professionals convenes the 15th SDG Café to spotlight the path to sustainable and inclusive cities under SDG 11. Photo: Courtesy

UNOPS pushes for sustainable development in Bangladesh

Infographic: TBS

Ctg Dev Authority faces mounting debt: Looks to grants and project cuts

Now the renovation work of the road might not see any development soon due to the country's budget constraints and changes in the political landscape, said sources. Photo: UNB

3 lakh people suffering due to unfit road in Moulvibazar; repairs neglected for years

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sketch: TBS

PM opens 43 development schemes in Gopalganj

Photo: PID

No more mega projects, focus on small ones for rural dev: PM

About 3-km beach adjacent to Laboni Point, Kabita Chattar, Shaibal Point and Seagull Hotel and 1-km of marine drive road from Kolatoli to Sampan beach have collapsed due to coastal erosion recently. Marine scientists identified unplanned development and climate change as the reasons behind the erosion. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Cox’s Bazar sea beach erodes for unplanned development

'Bureaucrats - especially mid-level ones - won’t allow efficient use of foreign dev funds'

'Bureaucrats - especially mid-level ones - won’t allow efficient use of foreign dev funds'

Illustration: Sharier

Here cometh the birdmen

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: PMO

PM issues directive to return development activities to pre-Covid state