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BPC bars local companies from tender process

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has barred local companies from participating in its new tender process of supplying lubricating oil to the government.BPC, the state-owned principal petroleum marketing agency, has floated tender to supply 5,400 metric tonnes (MT) of lubricating oil

Govt set to move away from 13 coal-based power plants

Shahnaj Begum

The government is set to announce a climate friendly power generation policy in 'Mujib Barsha' through scrapping its plan to produce power from 13 coal-based projects having a total capacity of generating 13,000 megawatts of electricity.Bangladesh has decided to reduce

India wants more Feni River water, Teesta water sharing not on agenda

Shahnaj Begum

The Tripura State of India wants to lift more water from the Feni River and it will be the prime agenda at the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) meeting prior the Prime Minister level meeting between Bangladesh and India in December.Presently

Renewable energy fund of no use

Shahnaj Begum

Entrepreneurs engaged in renewable energy business have failed to tap Tk 400 crore fund of Bangladesh Bank (BB). The money was dedicated for green business financing. This is an incremental fund like Export Development Fund. The fund now stands at

BD awaits call from China to join tripartite meeting

Shahnaj Begum

The government is eagerly waiting for a call from China to hold another tripartite meeting among the three foreign ministers of Bangladesh, China and Myanmar to re-start the process of repartition of Rohingyas to their homeland.In October this year, Chinese

Hearing on Amended Memorial on Damages Nov 19, 20

Shahnaj Begum

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) will hold the hearing on the 'Amended Memorial on Damages' of two gas blowouts in Chattak Gas field in Sunamganj by the Canadian Company Niko Resources on November 19 and 20

5 areas selected for N-power plants

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) has selected five areas of the southern part of the country for the nuclear power projects to ensure harmony in future power generation plan from the nuclear energy sources.All these areas are located at Patuakhali

Kuwait passes law to cut expat population

Shahnaj Begum

The Kuwaiti Parliament passed Demographic Imbalance Bill on Friday to slash expat population from 70 to 30 percent.The bill proposes Bangladeshis must not exceed three percent of Kuwait's total populace, which now stands at about 48 lakh.The new law may

BD lodges amended submission to UN

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh lodged an amended submission on the limits of its outer continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal to the United Nations on Thursday.Failing to reach any solution through bi-lateral dialogues in last four years Bangladesh has taken up this

Plan to use river, canal banks to generate renewable energy

Shahnaj Begum

The government plans to use river and canal banks as potential solution of land scarcity problem for implementing renewable energy project in the country.Reclaiming land parcels from different areas, including the biggest rivers Jamuna and Padma or Kaptai Lake, it