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● Mostafiz wins Rangpur city polls ● Ex-Ctg mayor Mohiuddin Chowdhury dies ● Mayor Annisul Huq passes away ● HC verdict on BDR mutiny: Death penalty for 139, life term for 185 ● HC begins reading verdict on BDR mutiny ● 3 siblings among 5 killed in Kishoreganj clash ● 4 workers killed in Sylhet stone quarry landslide

Power Cell appoints Boston Consulting to raise $ 500m

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Power Cell has appointed Boston Consulting Group (BCG), an American worldwide management consulting firm, for raising $500 million capital for power generation projects.Boston would assess the assets and liabilities of Ashuganj Power Company for issuing bonds in Singapore market, Power

Chevron eager to settle asset transfer issue with Petrobangla

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Chevron, the US oil giant, wants to sit with the Energy Ministry to settle its asset transfer issue with the Petrobangla for a lawful handover of three gas fields to Himalaya Energy.On Sunday, Chevron's Country Chief Kevin Lyon met Petrobangla

$400 land dev work for Matarbari power plant begins

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Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL) has kicked off a $ 400 million land development work at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar on Saturday for construction of 1,200MW Matarbari coal-fired power project.A 250 meter wide and a 4- kilometer- long

Myanmar iterates to take back Rohingyas in line with ’92 jt statement

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Myanmar government on Tuesday once again made it clear that Myanmar wants to begin the verification and repatriation of Rohingya refugees in line with the Joint Statement between Foreign Ministers of Myanmar and Bangladesh on April 28, 1992.Clearing its position

Myanmar army will verify Rohingyas

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Myanmar government Monday agreed to take back their nationals who had fled to Bangladesh from Rakhine State, on the basis of the principles agreed upon between Bangladesh and Myanmar in 1993.Both the side agreed that Myanmar would start the process

Agreement on third Indian LoC tomorrow

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Bangladesh and India are set to sign the final agreement on third Indian Line of Credit (LoC) during the maiden visit of Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, beginning today(Tuesday) in an invitation of Bangladesh Finance Minister AMA Muhith. The agreement

BD, Myanmar to sit for talks on Rohingyas

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Bangladesh and Myanmar is set to discuss Rohingya issue bilaterally following the meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday.The issue is now to be discussed bilaterally. An envoy of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will

Talks with India end without settling thorny issues

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The 13th Joint Steering Committee meeting in power sector development between Bangladesh and India has been concluded here on Thursday without settling the tax waiver issue in importing electricity from Adani's power project, allowing multi lateral investment-dialogue in hydro power

BERC accepts proposal to hike REB’s power tariff by 10.75pc

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Rural Electrification Board (REB) is not paying any interest to consumers' rights across the country although it is responsible for supplying electricity to the rural people across the country.Consumers raised different irregularities on installation of meters, issuances of demand notes,

UNSC meets tomorrow on Rohingya issue

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Amid pressure from the member counties, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will meet on Thursday to discuss the Rohingya issue.Prior to the meeting, UN Political Affairs Chief Jeffrey Feltman briefed the 15-member council behind closed doors on Tuesday. Sweden,