Premium issues are likely to dominate the ministerial-level talks between Bangladesh and India that is schedule to be held at New Delhi on October 5.A-19 member delegation lead by the State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral resources will be
The 19th SAARC Summit, scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November, has finally been postponed after Bangladesh and India on Tuesday announced its inability to join it apparently amid regional tensions.Although officials are yet to receive the message of
Committees formed to submit investigation reports on the fire at Tongi's Tampaco Foils Factory failed to identify a definitive cause of the blaze but they found huge irregularities in the use of gas by the company.Tampaco has set up a
The authorities of the Phulbari and Barapukuria Coal Mine Company are facing insurmountable difficulties in adapting one particular method of coal extraction, open pit or underground for a large scale mining.To support the coal-fired power plants and other industries, the
Pakistan's prospect of hosting the next summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) this year is bleak because of political turmoil between India and Pakistan in recent time, according to diplomatic sources.Sources also said that several other
Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) is set to conduct a study of the sediments in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river systems soon to identify and assess the economic value of strategic minerals in Bangladesh's river sand.Director General of GSB Dr Nehal
People living in Patgram enclave under Lalmonirhat district will be able to enjoy the taste of electricity within the next six months as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given her nod to power connections there, a longstanding demand of the
Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to pay an official visit to Bangladesh late September, marking 40 years of China-Bangladesh friendship. Bangladesh is getting ready to sign six mega projects involving US$6.07 billion with China during the upcoming visit, according
The government now plans setting up a company to tap hydro-power sources, local and foreign.The company, Hydro Power Generation Company, will look to import electricity from the hydro-power plants in high altitude countries like Nepal and Bhutan.We have been working
With a goal to reach the existing level of 120 mmcf gas output, Irish Tullow plans to carry out the well-intervention and work-over programmes apart from injecting water into a well at Bangora gas field. The gas output declined to