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Modi likely to clarify NRC in talks with Hasina today

Shahnaj Begum

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to give a clarification on National Registration of Citizens (NRC) issue at the virtual summit with his Bangladesh counterpart Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Thursday).To remove the apprehension on NRC as it has

Accord on water sharing of 7 rivers but Teesta to be signed

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh and India are likely to sign nine instruments including a framework agreement on the sharing of water of seven common rivers, setting a framework for cooperation in the energy and power sector, coastal use of Chattogram and Mongla Ports,

JRC meet unlikely before BD-India PM level talks

Shahnaj Begum

The much-awaited Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) meeting prior to the Prime Minister level talks between Bangladesh and India is uncertain as they failed to gather data on six rivers that were halted for Corona pandemic in the last 9 months.Issues

BPC, BERC at loggerheads over LPG price fixing

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is now at loggerheads with Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) over fixing the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at the consumer level.Mentioning its full power and authority to fix or to regulate the LPG price,

Price hike of LNG in int’l market causes energy crisis in country

Shahnaj Begum

The Energy Division is facing serious problems with procuring LNG from spot market as the price of the product in the international market has shot up three folds in the last one month creating an energy supply shortage in the

Rohingyas happy with their new abode

Shahnaj Begum

Rohingya people, who were relocated to Bhasan Char, expressed happiness with the facilities provided by the government on arrival at the island of Noakhali's Hatia on Friday.Just landing at Bhasan Char, a 42-year-old woman Fatema, expressed her feelings of extreme

Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char begins

Shahnaj Begum

About 1,200 Rohingyas have boarded 20 buses from the Ukhiya, Kutupalong point on Thursday noon to start their journey towards Bhasan Char under the supervision of Army and Navy as part of the government plan to relocate one lakh Rohingyas

Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char starts tomorrow

Shahnaj Begum

The government is going to shift more than 1,200 Rohingyas from 500 families living in camps in Ukhia and Teknaf of Cox's Bazar to Bhasan Char from December 4 (tomorrow). International humanitarian organizations, however, have questioned the suitability of the

BPC invites bids for feasibility study to build LPG terminal

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is set to invite bids seeking Expression of Interest (EoI) from international companies to engage a consultant to conduct feasibility study to build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal in the country with a capacity of

Hasina-Modi to inaugurate construction work Dec 17

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his Indian counterpart Norendra Modi will kick off the 129.5-km-long India-Bangladesh Friendship Oil Pipeline construction work at a virtual meeting likely to be held on December 17.This will be the first of this kind