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● Muhith for establishing training institute to develop skill ● Rajnath Singh warns Pakistan of 1971-like consequences ● Pak plane crash: Junaid Jamshed’s body identified ● Sanjit, Utpal to lead DU Jagannath Hall BCL ● 96 Rohingyas pushed back by BGB in Cox’s Bazar ● World sees unexploited economic potentials in Bangladesh: Hungarian PM ● Election coming, campaign for AL: Hasina

BD, India wide apart on premium rate

Shahnaj Begum

To settle the premium rate through amicable talks with India for importing fuel from Assam, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid is set to visit the neighbouring country next month.Bangladesh and India are to fix such

Tk 190m PDB scheme to ready master plan for Maheshkhali

Shahnaj Begum

To make Maheshkhali island a power hub, Power Development Board has taken up a Tk 189.5 million project to prepare a master plan, according to Power Division officials.State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid will sit with

Experts see Kerry's visit shift in US attitude towards Hasina govt

Shahnaj Begum

Experts and diplomats observed that the US Secretary of State John Kerry's Dhaka visit is an endorsement of US government's shifting mindset over January 5 National Election and approval of present government's all action against terrorism and extremism.Kerry remembered the

Kerry arrives today

Shahnaj Begum

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Dhaka this (Monday) morning on a nine-hour hop aimed at giving a new dimension to the Dhaka-Washington ties.Diplomatic circles are keeping a keen eye on this important visit taking at a time

BD to repay $18.23b for $11.39b Rooppur N-Power plant loan

Shahnaj Begum

Dhaka will have to repay $18.23 billion for procuring $11.385 billion loan from Russia for implementing the 2400MW Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.ERD Additional Secretary Abu Mansur Md Faizullah made this disclosure during a question- answer session on the recently signed

Petrobangla wants to cash Tk 8,000cr from public pocket?

Shahnaj Begum

Only to adjust TK 840 crore in the balance sheet, the state owned Petrobangla wants to cash Tk 8,000 crore from the public pockets through increasing gas price by 94.89 per cent on an average.The General Manager of Petrobangla spelt

Public sector LNG-fired power plant on KNM site planned

Shahnaj Begum

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources plans to set up a LNG fired power plant, country's first project in public sector having capacity to generate 800MW of electricity on Khulna Newsprint Mills' (KNM) abandoned site.As per decision, the

Power Division mulls opening liaison office in Japan

Shahnaj Begum

Power Division is set to establish a liaison office at Japan or Singapore to complete the tendering process of 2x600 MW Matarbari coal fired power project, the country's biggest ever power project funded by Japan government.State Minister for Power, Energy

Power ministry wants special security steps for three mega-plants

Shahnaj Begum

The Power Ministry has sought special security for three mega power projects and to ensure safety and security of the foreign technical persons and investors in the wake of twin terrorist attacks.State Minister for Power, Energy and mineral Resources Nasrul

Task Force to forward diplomats’ pleas to PM

Shahnaj Begum

The Task Force on the security of diplomats and diplomatic premises, a new kind of security body for the diplomats stationed in Dhaka, has decided to send all pleas of the diplomats to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take