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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

Chevron sells assets in BD to China firm

Shahnaj Begum

US oil giant Chevron has withdrawn its business from Bangladesh and sold Its all its assets to a Chinese firm named Himalaya Energy.Himalaya Energy is owned by China ZhenHua Oil Co and CNIC Corporation Ltd. The financial deal has not

US wants Bangladesh to let Chevron go

Shahnaj Begum

The US has finally requested the Energy Ministry to allow Chevron, the oil giant of the US, to quit Bangladesh's three major gas fields Bibiyana, Moulavibazar, and Jalalabal smoothly.It also wants details about overall development of Chevron's wind-up process. The

New coalfield found in Naogaon

Shahnaj Begum

Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) has identified a new coalfield in Naogaon district under the deposit of the newly discovered limestone field at Tilokpur in the district.Based on the drilling results at Naogaon, we found a 4-5 feet layer of

Bimstec to strengthen energy coop

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal are set to sign a multilateral document soon to frame the much-talked-about Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) to facilitate the optimisation of using energy resources

11 deals on power, energy, civil N-coop inked with India

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh signed seven agreements and four memorandums of understanding (MoUs) in power, energy sector and safe use of nuclear power with India.According to the ministries of power, energy and mineral resources and science and technology, the ministries concerned have signed

IITFC keen to invest in LNG, LPG plants

Shahnaj Begum

International Islamic Trade and Finance Corporation (IITFC) wants to invest in country's energy sector, especially in LNG and LPG.IITFC, an extended wing of the IITFC, has been providing support to Bangladesh since 1979 for purchasing petroleum fuels. Recently it took

Delhi ready to welcome Hasina

Shahnaj Begum

The much-awaited visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India will start today with the hope that the visit will be beneficial to both Bangladesh and India.Security and connectivity related issues will dominate the talks, according to different ministry sources.Dhaka

Number of Indo-Bangla border haats to go up

Shahnaj Begum

Buyers' purchase limit, vendors to double India and Bangladesh have agreed to set up two more 'border haats' (bazars) along Tripura border and four more haats along Meghalaya border soon.Both the countries have agreed to double the amount of money

$4b lowest bidding for Matarbari Power Plant

Shahnaj Begum

Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) received two bid prices ranging from US$ 4.5 billion to $ 4 billion for implementing 1,200 MW Matarbari Coal-Fired Power Project at Moheskhali under Cox's Bazar district.Evaluation of those tenders is not over

JICA to opt for project security cost

Shahnaj Begum

Japan International Cooperation agency (JICA) is set to include security cost in its expenditure list of the development projects in Bangladesh, which will further increase the allocation of Bangladesh government.Earlier, the Japanese representatives were pleased to see the deployment of