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BD, India to further boost ties during Hasinas visit

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Bangladesh and India would demonstrate a new political commitment at the meeting of their prime ministers to further strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries.To cementing the ties, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka for New Delhi today to pay a two-day state visit at the invitation of her Indian counterpart ...

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Mongla Port, Teesta basin uplift to figure in Modi-Hasina talks

Teesta water sharing not on agenda

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Mongla Port, Teesta basin uplift to figure in Modi-Hasina talks

To advance a new bilateral economic partnership, a greater and vital role of India in Mongla sea port, new sea route extending to the Indo-Pacific to expand the Indian governments "Sagar" project to the Indian Ocean region, security situation in Myanmar border and Indian interest in investing in the Teesta River water basin development project ...

Focus needed for more FDI in energy sector: Tamim

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The government should increase and continue the subsidy in the power and energy sector, as the pricing issue of power and energy has cascading effects on the overall economy, which increases inflation and hinders the economic growth of the country."Dollar crisis and energy shortages are now much-discussed issues, but we have no way to avoid ...

BPC wants Chinese contractor to run SPM for at least one year

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After spending 9 years the much-talked about "Installation of Single Point Mooring (SPM) with Double Line" project cost increased thrice, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is now set to sign a special agreement with its Chinese contractor to operate the project at least one year as they are not ready to run the project independently.The state ...

Tk 38,463cr budget likely as subsidy for power, energy sectors

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Power and energy sector is likely to get Tk38,463 crore in the upcoming budget for the development of these sectors and continuing the development work of the ongoing projects."Power sector to gets TK 34,000 and the energy sector to get Tk 4,463 crore for the fiscal year 2024-2025 to keep continuing its work to ensure ...

BD eager to join RCEP, preparations in full swing

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Bangladesh set to join the China-led international trade bloc, RCEP, Regional Comprehensive and Economic Partnership, to navigate the changing international trade across the globe.During the proposed visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to China in July, a memorandum of understanding is likely to be sign in this regard, however, the Ministry of Commerce has started ...

Power Division initiates measures to ensure food security through rural irrigation

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The Power Division has instructed authorities to redirect power distribution from urban to rural areas to safeguard the boro paddy, ensuring the nations food security."To maintain high-level production of the countrys main staple, irrigation must continue for more than 15 days. Hence, we are proposing one hour of load shedding in DPDC and DESCO areas. ...

25 fires in Sundarban over two decades but no move to redress the cause

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Fire has now became a new threat for the countrys lone mangrove forest Sundarbans ecosystem, that is already facing multiple challenges including climate change and habitat degradation.The Saturdays inferno at Amurbunia area of East Sundarban Division has raised question over the Forest Conservation Management system in Bangladesh as it happened 25 times in the last ...

Govt plans gradual power tariff adjustments to reduce subsidy dependency

IMF loan conditions prompt strategy shift

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Govt plans gradual power tariff adjustments to reduce subsidy dependency

The government plans to enhance the power tariff once again before presenting the national budget to parliament for the fiscal year 2024-2025. This move is aimed at securing the USD 700 million IMF loan, which constitutes the third installment of the approved USD 4.7 billion for Bangladesh on January 30, 2023. To obtain the loan ...

Unplanned urbanisation intensifies heat crisis in Bangladesh

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Climate scientists have said that unplanned urbanization, especially unplanned infrastructure and buildings in city areas, changes in air movement, humidity, radiation and various climate-related factors are the main cause of increasing heat sufferings in Bangladesh."During this April when the temperature rises to 33 to 35 degrees Celsius, we felt extreme heat, this is the outcome ...