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● 2 RAB men shot in Teknaf Rohingya camp ● Ahmad Kaikaus made PM's principal secy ● Taposh resigns from MP post ● Raushan elected JaPa Chief Patron, GM Quader Chairman ● Raushan to be 'Chief Patron' of JaPa ● Polls to Dhaka's 2 city corporations Jan 30 ● Hasina re-elected AL president, Quader gen secy

Rohingya issue now global: Shahriar

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh has achieved a landmark success in transforming the Rohingya issue into a global one thus it could be discussed in different international forums for ensuring Rohingya's rights and dignity in their homeland, Myanmar.However, China, Russia and India were supporting

Fate of 3,392 MT local coal reserve hangs in balance

Shahnaj Begum

The fate of local coal is hanging in the balance as government has no clear cut policy on the issue although Bangladesh has 3,392million tonnes of quality coal reserves.Despite having a huge coal reserve in the country, the government is

‘Now gas consumers will buy their own prepaid meters’

Shahnaj Begum

The government has placed the yoke of buying prepaid meters on the consumers' shoulders by issuing a gazette from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on December 11, which said that the household gas consumers have to buy their

CAB to challenge fresh power price hike plan

Shahnaj Begum

Move illogical and violates consumers' interest, it says Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) is set to challenge the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC)'s move to hike electricity price from January 1 next year.It feels that the BERC is taking unlawful

Gambia for interim measures to stop Rohingya genocide

Shahnaj Begum

Gambia asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to impose provisional measures to protect the Rohingyas from further harm by ordering Myanmar to immediately stop a genocide there.Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, Attorney General and Justice Minister of Gambia and a former

ICJ hearings on Rohingya genocide begin today

Shahnaj Begum

The military junta-led Myanmar government is going to face the first legal challenge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) today (December 10) for breaching 1948 Genocide Convention by carrying out mass murder, rape, and genocidal Acts against Muslim minority

Talks with India, Nepal on power corridor this month

Shahnaj Begum

A 13-member delegation, led by the Power Division Senior Secretary Dr Ahmed Kaikaus, will visit New Delhi and Kathmandu to discuss power transmission corridor issues. Transmission of electricity from one to another part of India using Bangladesh and from Nepal

Dhaka close to signing defence deals with US

Shahnaj Begum

Dhaka is close to signing agreements with Washington to buy defence products from the USA.Aiming to sign the deal, top defense officials both from Bangladesh and USA visited the countries several times to finalize the every detail of the agreements,

Dhaka close to signing defence deals with US

Shahnaj Begum

No Golden Rice farming now

Shahnaj Begum

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has turned down the Agriculture Ministry's move to release Golden Rice for plantation in Bangladesh saying it needs a wide-ranging detail study before release of the genetically engineered food for farming.Many issues are related