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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

India wants to ‘settle’ dispute over ‘grey area’ in the Bay on unequal terms

Shahnaj Begum

India wants to 'settle' the dispute involving Bangladesh's rights on the 'grey area' in the Bay of Bengal through diplomatic negotiations and urged Dhaka to withdraw its 2009 objection in return for New Delhi's withdrawal of only one of its

Water talks with India must be based on basin wise approach: Dr Ainun

Shahnaj Begum

Water resources and climate change specialist Dr Ainun Nishat said on Saturday Bangladesh need to discuss the water sharing issues with India on a 'basin wise approach' and need detail data to ensure the country's rights and share over the

Petrobangla claims over $1.05b in damages from Niko

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh claimed over US$1.05 billion as compensation from the Canadian company Niko Resources for burning the country's gas reserves in Chattak Gas Field in Sunamganj on January 5 and June 24 in 2005 due to negligence.Petrobangla has claimed the amount

Foreign secys of BD, India meet in Delhi tomorrow

Shahnaj Begum

The foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India will sit in a meeting in New Delhi tomorrow (January 27) to fix the agenda for talks between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka in March.They

LNG procurement plan a must for taming volatile energy market: Experts

Shahnaj Begum

Energy experts feel that the country need to appoint 'Risk Manager' for hedging the volatile energy market for it future LNG procurement plan to absolve the 'price shock' as she is now procuring LNG from the international market.Meanwhile, failing to

Petrobangla cuts 1,000mmcf gas from national grid

Shahnaj Begum

Industries, power plants, CNG stations, re-rolling mills and household activities have almost came to a halt on Wednesday as Petrobangla, the state-owned oil and gas corporation, has abnormally cut 1,000 mmcf gas supply from the national grid for the first

BD, Myanmar, China to hold meeting today

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh, Myanmar and China will hold a tripartite virtual meeting today to discuss ways to expedite the Rohingya repatriation where Vice Minister of China Luo Zhaohui will take part in the discussion.Vice Minister of China Luo Zhaohui will virtually join

Rohingyas working in KSA with BD passports to get renewal

Shahnaj Begum

The government is taking preparation to renew passports of Rohingyas who have travelled to Saudi Arabia with Bangladeshi passports.The Foreign Ministry is taking the preparation ahead of the visit of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud to

BERC identifies transportation cost main hurdle to cut LPG price

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has identified that inflated transportation cost is the main barrier to lowering of LPG price in the local market.A committee headed by BERC member Md Maqbul-E-Elahi Chowdhury has prepared the report after consultations with stakeholders

Market players make LPG trade volatile

Shahnaj Begum

A big jump in the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the international market has created a serious stir in the local energy market as it remain an uncontrolled commodity and the market players are dominating the price as