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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

BD, Russia approve draft deal on spent fuel management

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh and Russia will sign the much-talked about agreement on spent fuel management for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) by July this year.After a detailed negotiation, both sides reached a consensus on the issue, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) chairman

Civil N-pact likely to be signed during PM's India visit

Shahnaj Begum

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will sign civilian nuclear cooperation pact with Indian leader Narendra Modi during her proposed visit to India from April 7.We are set to sign three agreements with India in nuclear cooperation, the Cabinet had endorsed all

Import of power from Bhutan, Nepal hits snag

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh is likely to fail to tap the hydro-electricity potentials of Bhutan and Nepal as the Indian power regulatory body has adopted a new cross-border power trade guideline that allows only bilateral deal for importing power.In the last one and

CFPs poor feat foils govt plan to shun import of octane, petrol

Shahnaj Begum

The government has failed to stop import of octane and petrol from abroad, although it has issued Condensate Fractionation Plant (CFP) licences to private companies for producing both the fuels in the country.The aim of the government was to stop

Cash crunch likely to impede coal-fired mega power projects

Shahnaj Begum

The ambitious 20,000 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power projects are likely to miss completion targets because of cash crunch, lawmakers observed.Reviewing the all coal-based pipeline power projects, the Parliamentary watchdog on Thursday suggested the power generating companies to expedite the completion

More price hike on cards

Shahnaj Begum

Piped natural gas may get even costlier as the government, apparently desperate to increase supply of the fossil fuel by importing costly LNG and LPG.During the hearing of gas price hike at Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) the then, Petrobangla

Govt set to buy 100 MW power from pvt joint venture company

Shahnaj Begum

The government is set to buy 100MW of electricity everyday from a solar power plant spending a total of Tk 3600 crore for a period of 20 years.The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will purchase the solar power from a

Govt to list all Rohingya refugees for ‘temporary housing’ at Thengar Char

Shahnaj Begum

The government is preparing a list of the documented and undocumented Rohingyas to be moved on a 'temporary arrangement' to Thengar Char before being sent back to Myanmar. The plan to move long-term refugees to Thengar Char was first suggested

BD seeks ADB support to import hydropower from Nepal, Bhutan, Laos

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh has sought Asian Development Bank's (ADB) support to import hydropower from Nepal, Bhutan and Laos through India and Myanmar.State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid sought this support from the visiting Vice President of Asian Development

Two Japanese firms to submit bidding documents today

Shahnaj Begum

Two Japanese bidders are set to submit request for proposal (RFP) today (Tuesday) for construction of Matarbari power plant that was suspended, citing security reasons following terror attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in the city's Gulshan area in July last