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● Khaleda given scope of living outside jail, is it not enough, asks PM ● 4 to die, nine get life term over Shariatpur head-teacher murder ● 20 drown as trawler capsizes in Brahmanbaria ● Bangladesh reports 120 deaths, 3,991 cases from COVID-19 ● Pori Moni sent to prison ● Bangladesh report 198 Covid deaths, 7,535 cases ● Bangladesh reports 237 more deaths from coronaviurs

Mohibullah, a rebel voice silenced

Shahnaj Begum

Mohibullah (46), President of the Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPH) and also a leader of one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, fled Myanmar after a military-led crackdown that the United Nations termed a 'example of ethnic

Expatriates in Europe to press UN for genocide day on Mar 25

Shahnaj Begum

Expatriate Bangladeshis living in Europe and Nordic Region consisting of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland would reach out to the UN (Geneva) today (September 30) to declare March 25 as the Genocide Day globally in remembrance of the atrocities

Technical body formed to prepare draft MoU

Shahnaj Begum

The government has formed a technical committee to prepare a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the trilateral energy collaboration among Bangladesh-Bhutan and India.The government has formed a technical committee to fix up the modality of the draft MoU on

Govt to allow three oil-fired quick rental power plants

Shahnaj Begum

The government is set to allow operation of three oil-fired quick rental power plants having a total generation capacity of around 300 megawatts (MW) by two years under the 'no electricity, no payment' system.The Power Division is going to pick

Russian co for compensation clause implementation

Shahnaj Begum

Russian company JSC Atomstroyexpor, the sub-contractor of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, (RNPP) has demanded implementation of the 'Force Majeure' measures clauses of the agreement to avoid liability of disruptions caused by the global pandemic.The Russian contractor has sought to

Experts warn of acute gas crisis

Shahnaj Begum

Experts have voiced concern over the Energy Ministry's negligence and reluctance in implementing the long and mid-term planning in gas sector putting the country's gas reserves at risks. They warned it may result in acute gas crisis in the country

Matarbari to be a new energy hub

Shahnaj Begum

Massive construction works are going on in the country's south-eastern part near Cox's Bazaar to establish a new energy hub which will feed a total of 37 proposed projects at Moheshkhali and Matarbari areas depending on the infrastructure facilities of

Govt plans to import R-LNG from India through pipeline

Shahnaj Begum

The government is considering an Indian company's proposal for supplying Refined-Liquefied Natural Gas (R-LNG) through a cross-border pipeline to import around 200 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) equivalent of R-LNG from a 5.0 million tonnes per year (MPTA) capacity.Bangladesh

Int’l community haven’t kept promise: FM

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh received more refugees than all of Europe did in 2016 at the height of the Syrian crisis. Bangladesh which has less than 0.31 per cent of the global population, hosts 4.7 per cent of its total refugees, UN report

Two floating LNG terminals at Payra planned

Shahnaj Begum

Government has planned to set up 2 Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU) at Payra.For meeting the growing energy demand and fulfilling government's commitment to reduce carbon emissions, the Energy and Power division has planned so under Special Power and Energy