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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

Govt set to release ‘Golden Rice’ for farming

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh is set to release Golden Rice for planting as the first country to approve it with high-level political support, although environmentalists are still vocal in their condemnation of it as a genetically engineered food.The Golden Rice under review in

BD to get $800m from GCF to cut 20pc carbon emission by 2030

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh will get around US$ 800 million from Green Climate Fund (GCF) to facilitate installation of energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) equipment in the industrial and residential sector to cut carbon emission and trim down energy consumption by 20 per

ICC to open offices in Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar

Shahnaj Begum

The UN International Criminal Court (ICC) will open offices in Dhaka and Cox's Bazaar to start the investigation into crimes against humanity and persecution like mass murder, rape, and genocidal acts in Myanmar's bloody 2017 military crackdown on the Rohingyas.Following

Power price public hearing starts Nov 28 as all stakeholders submit proposals

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is set to conduct a public hearing on bulk and retail tariff hike proposals of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and power distribution and transmission agencies on November 28-December 03.The public hearing will be held

End of change makers’ dream

Shahnaj Begum

The number of deaths of expatriate workers is rising faster every day. Bodies of 35,700 migrant workers have been received between 2005 and October 2019, among them, about 350 bodies are of women workers-often dubbed as the 'change makers' of

BD seeks Indian support to establish its rights on Bay’s grey area waters

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh has sought Indian support to establish Bangladesh's right on the water of the grey area, created by the judgments in maritime delimitation cases between Bangladesh and India (2014) in the northern Bay of Bengal involving intersecting and overlapping rights

Govt to review gas tariff of KAFCO

Shahnaj Begum

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is set to review the gas tariff of Karnaphuli Fertiliser Company Ltd (KAFCO) as re-gasified LNG is added to the national grid.Presently, per thousand cubic feet of gas is sold by $4.55cents (Tk

After NRC, Muslims in Assam now more secure: Himanta

Shahnaj Begum

Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister for Finance, PWD and Health of Assam, India, on Tuesday said the Muslim people of Assam were now feeling more secure following the NRC as it (NRC) had given them legality to live in Assam. They

NRC India’s internal issue but it gives handle to religious groups in BD: Speakers

Shahnaj Begum from Cox\'s Bazar

Addressing the grey areas of Indo-Bangla relationship, security expert Maj Gen (Rtd) Mohammad Ali Sikder said on Saturday that Bangladesh believes that the NRC issue is an internal issue of India, but speaking in communal languages adversely influences the common

India keen to address land boundary issue peacefully: Ram Madhav

Shahnaj Begum, from Cox\'s Bazar

Ram Madhav Varanasi, National General Secretary of BJP, said on Friday it is a good luck for Bangladesh to have a neighbour like India. Though Bangladesh is encircled by India, it is ready to address the land boundary issue in