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Gen Yahya’s Mar 1 speech heralded end of Pakistan

Shahnaj Begum

The abrupt postponement of the National Assembly session by President Yahya Khan on March 1 of 1971 was a historical mystery, geographical absurdity and political blunder on the part of the Pakistani rulers. It was the beginning of the end

Deal signed with GTC despite graft allegation

Shahnaj Begum

Petrobangla, the state-owned corporation, has signed a 'side letter agreement' with the GTC consortium to extract hard rock from Maddhapara Granite Mine, despite having a serious corruption allegation against the consortium. Since 2014, Petrobangla has engaged GTC, a consortium formed

Fresh price chart of electricity soon

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is set to publish fresh price chart of electricity soon as it has completed all necessary tasks in this regard.Following the public hearing on tariff hike issue (held from November 28-to December 3, 2019), the

BD pvt sector keen to invest in Nepal’s hydropower projects

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh's private sector wants to tap the business opportunity of Nepal's hydropower through investing money in some hydropower projects there.Bangladesh-Nepal Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting will discuss the issue in its meeting scheduled to be held on March 8 and

BD’s pvt sector keen to invest in Nepal’s hydropower projects

Shahnaj Begum

BD-KSA meet tomorrow to focus on business

Shahnaj Begum

The upcoming two-day Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) between Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will focus on business and trade between the two countries. The meeting is scheduled to be held from 12 and 13 February.The meeting is

Demand for consumer affairs ministry

Shahnaj Begum

Consumers' Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has suggested that the government establish a separate ministry (like Consumers' Affairs Ministry in India) to address consumers' issues, especially energy and power in proper manner.It also asked the government to establish a Price Stabilizing

EVM lets down some senior citizen voters

Shahnaj Begum

A large number of voters faced debacle in casting ballots through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in Dhaka City Corporation polls on Saturday.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda and Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain also faced the same difficulty

BPC rations diesel sales as stock depletes

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has started rationing diesel as the reserve of the fuel oil has decreased in the peak irrigation season.We asked the distributors to give customers half of their requirements, a senior official of BPC told the Daily

Talks with Myanmar on return of Rohingyas likely in March

Shahnaj Begum

The fifth round of negotiation between Bangladesh and Myanmar on the repatriation of Rohingyas is likely to start in March.We have sent a letter to the Myanmar's ministry concerned to start talks as soon as possible. We are waiting for