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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

BD to invest in hydro-power projects jointly with Nepal

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh wants to make a joint investment in the hydro-power projects with the Himalayan country Nepal to open power import-business in near future.For making investment in the Nepalese hydro-power project a meeting of the Joint Steering Committee co-led by the

Mass vaccination won’t face challenges: FM

Shahnaj Begum

The government programme to vaccinate 80 per cent people of the country in phases would not face any big challenges in near future as Covex committed to supply six crore doses of vaccines by December 2021, Foreign Ministry sources said.The

No meeting in 4 years

Shahnaj Begum

The taskforce, aiming to devise a plan to bring back the two fugitive killers of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from abroad, has not been able to sit even for a single day over the last

India plans Covaxin trials in Bangladesh

Shahnaj Begum

Indian government plans trials of Covaxin, the indigenous coronavirus vaccine, in Bangladesh shortly to enhance its recognition abroad, according to the Hindustan Times (HT).Earlier, Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC) approved the trials of Covaxin in the country on July 18

MoFA opposes taking WB fund for Covid-19

Shahnaj Begum

The Foreign Ministry has expressed concern over the World Bank's US$160 billion fund designed for Covid-19 responses in low-and middle-income countries including Bangladesh under IDA19, as it feels that it might create a serious obstacle against Rohingya repatriation to their

Petrobangla to sign accord with errant firm GTC for Madhyapara hard rock mining

Shahnaj Begum

Petrobangla, the state-owned Oil and Gas Corporation is set to sign a Direct Purchase Method (DPM) agreement with Germania-Trest Consortium (GTC) for the next two years at a higher rate to produce hard rock from the mine of Madhyapara in

Sundarban: To be or not to be on Unesco 'Heritage in Danger' list

Shahnaj Begum

The World Heritage Committee (WHC) of the Unesco will allow Bangladesh to submit all updated documents of the government initiatives taken for the conservation of the Sundarban by February 1 of 2022, to decide whether or not the Sundarban will

Experts not hopeful about BD-China Tashkent meeting

Shahnaj Begum

Greater cooperation will drive the Bangladesh-China Foreign Minister level meeting in Tashkent on July 16. However, political analysts feel that it will not be a special one for Bangladesh as far as Rohingya repatriation issue is concerned.They also think that

Dhaka to furnish reply to UNESCO queries July 22

Shahnaj Begum

Dhaka is likely to answer the queries of World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on the state of Rampal, Taltoli and Kolapara coal-based power plants on Payra river and 190 other industrial projects around Mongla Port, which are active near the

BD, GMR to sign power purchase deal from Nepal via India

Shahnaj Begum

The country is set to sign a power deal with India's infrastructure giant GMR Group to purchase 500 MW of electricity per day at a rate of 7.71 cents per unit for a period of 25 years.We are set to