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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

Myanmar team due today to convince Rohingyas to go back

Shahnaj Begum

A high-powered delegation from Myanmar arrives in the capital today (Friday) to interact with the Rohingya refugees and try to motivate them to believe that the Myanmar government will ensure their safety and security if they are willing to return

High-powered Myanmar team due July end

Shahnaj Begum

A high-powered delegation from Myanmar will arrive in the capital by the end of this month to motivate the Rohingya people to go back to their homeland through giving them an understanding that the situation of Rakhaine State is liveable

PM to inaugurate envoys’ confce in London July 20

Shahnaj Begum

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the envoys' conference in London on July 20 to give necessary directives to all Bangladesh envoys posted in 15 EU countries.The Prime Minister will fly to the UK on July 19, according to the

PMO to brief media on UNESCO meet update tomorrow

Shahnaj Begum

The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO has 'decided not to keep the Sundarban', the world's largest mangrove forest, on the list of World Heritage in Danger for the next one year. The UN agency asked Bangladesh to submit an updated

Resentment over gas tariff hike

Shahnaj Begum

Gas price hike for the seventh time over the last 10 years has triggered resentment among people of almost all sections in the country.Following the fresh chart announcement by the Bangladesh energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Sunday, consumers will have

Nepal ready to welcome BD investors in its hydro sector

Shahnaj Begum

Entrepreneurs from Bangladesh will get enormous opportunity to invest in the power sector of Nepal, especially in the generation and transmission of electricity and Independent Power Producers (IPP) mode.Such investments should be promoted and protected under a government to government

BD to apprise World Heritage body about its position

Shahnaj Begum

The government will send a delegation to the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee to appraise Bangladesh's position on the state of conservation of the Sundarbans Forests.The World Heritage Centre of Unesco declared the largest mangrove forest on earth,

BD, Nepal to relax provisions of energy trade, investment

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh and Nepal have decided to make 'easy' plans and provisions of the bilateral understanding on energy trade and investment through incorporating private sectors of the two countries in the Nepal's hydropower potentials.In the second Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting

Plan for fuel diversification

Shahnaj Begum

Fuel diversification has been adopted as a strategy to reduce dependency on natural gas for electricity generation and for energy security in 2019-2020 budgets.Although the Finance Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal did not give any specific direction on the alternative use

BD-Nepal JSC meet begins June 25

Shahnaj Begum

A two-day meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) of Bangladesh and Nepal is set to begin at Cox's Bazar on June 25 to discuss four specific issues to import hydroelectricity from Nepal.We will discuss Bangladesh's investment in hydropower projects