Daily Observer || Daily Newspaper in Bangladesh 5

HEADLINE

● 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

Dhaka to press UN for Annan Report implementation

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has expressed concern that thousands of Rohingya women and children, who fled to Bangladesh's bordering areas and were planning to enter the country as freshviolence erupted in in Myanmar on Sunday.The situation became horrific from Sunday afternoon

BNP inked deal with NIKO thru corruption

Shahnaj Begum

Two 'marginal' gas fields, Chhatak East and Feni, although they were two new gas fields as no gas had been extracted but handed over through an unauthorized deal to NIKO, an errant Canadian Company, through corruption during 2002-2006 tenure of

Move to up power price: Public hearing on Sept 25

Shahnaj Begum

In a fresh move to increase electricity tariff, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is set to conduct a public hearing on Power Development Board's proposal to increase 12 and 15 per cent price hike of electricity at retail and bulk

Power generation, distribution cos come under fire

Shahnaj Begum

The Parliamentary watchdog on Wednesday has come down heavily on power generation and distribution companies for failing to help in meeting government's commitment to supply uninterrupted electricity, despite the government's huge investments for developing the power sector.We are facing serious

PMO sits to discuss power tariff today

Shahnaj Begum

Prime Minister Office (PMO) will sit today (Tuesday) to discuss power tariff issues since the Finance Minister has directed authorities concerned to implement a flat VAT on retail electricity prices.The meeting is also set to discuss on fuel mix issues,

Accord on spent fuel likely by month-end

Shahnaj Begum

Minister for Science and Technology Yeafes Osman will fly to Russia by the end of this month to sign an Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) on spent fuel management for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). Bangladesh and Russia have approved

Govt to confiscate assets of Mujib killers soon

Shahnaj Begum

The government is set to confiscate the assets and freeze the bank accounts of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman within a month or two, sources told the Daily Observer.We have taken necessary measures to confiscate the assets and

Six bidders listed for talks on LNG import

Shahnaj Begum

The Energy Division has selected six bidders to start the final negotiation phase for importing liquefied natural gas (equivalent of 200mmcf of gas) from the spot market under Small Scale LNG Supply project by February 2018.Following initial talks with 14

Cabinet likely to okay power purchase proposal today

Shahnaj Begum

The cabinet committee will sit today (Wednesday) to approve Power Division's proposal for purchasing 1,788MW of electricity from nine private companies through 10 unsolicited deals for durations between five to 15 years.Off it, 800MW of diesel-based power will cost Tk.

Deal with Qatar this month to import LNG

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh will sign a long-term deal with Qatar this month to import 3.7 million tonnes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) annually from July 2018, Energy Division sources said.The government will strike an agreement worth around $2.28 billion by this month