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Foreign aid for Rohingyas declining

Shahnaj Begum

Foreign aid for Rohingyas is declining, the global community has only provided a meagre 13 per cent of the Joint Response Plan adopted by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to fund the camps for the current fiscal year..The 2022

BD-India JRC ministerial meet after 12 years at Delhi tomorrow

Shahnaj Begum

Feni River water sharing accord may be signed during PM's visit to IndiaBangladesh and India are set to conduct the much-waiting Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) Ministerial level meeting after 12 years tomorrow (Thursday) ahead of the visit of Prime Minister

Maddhapara Granite counts loss of Tk 126cr in 3 months

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh's lone hard rock mine, Maddhapara Granite Mine Company Ltd (MGMCL) has incurred a loss of Tk 126 crore in the last three months as it failed to extract hard rock since May 1.The production closure has created huge crisis

Govt submits updated info to UN on its entitlement to Continental Shelf in Bay

Shahnaj Begum

The government has presented updated information to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) in support its entitlement beyond 200 nautical miles in the Bay of Bengal from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial

Rampal Power Plant unit-1 goes on test run

Shahnaj Begum

Adds 92.4 MW to nat'l gridRampal Moitree Power Project unit-1 has successfully completed test run on Monday evening through adding 92.4 MW to the national grid.Unit -1 is synchronized successfully on Monday evening, providing 92.4 MW of electricity into the

Michelle to raise extrajudicial killings, disappearance, freedom of speech issues: UN

Shahnaj Begum

Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, during the first visit by a UN rights chief to Bangladesh, will raise issues of extrajudicial killings, disappearances and freedom of expression.The UN office announced that at the Bangladesh government's

India likely to lift objection to Rahimpur Canal project in Sylhet

Shahnaj Begum

Delhi is likely to lift its objection to Bangladesh's canal project called 'Rahimpur Canal' to withdraw water from the Kushiyara River flowing down the northeastern Barak Valley to cultivate 5,000 acres of land in Sylhet in exchange of withdrawal of

China grants duty free access to 98pc BD products: Wang Yi

Shahnaj Begum

Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that the Chinese government has granted duty-free access to 98 per cent Bangladeshi products to its market from September 1, 2022.With the new announcement, 98 per cent of Bangladeshi

Price hike unjust when global price is decreasing: Dr Tamim

Shahnaj Begum

It is an unexpected and unjustified decision of the government to increase fuel price by 51.7 per cent when it is decreasing globally. Just three weeks back, we were procuring fuel from the global market at a rate of US$170

If proven action will be taken: BERC Chair

Shahnaj Begum

Gas Development Fund (GDF) is consumers' money, which they paid in addition to their bills for gas field development and gas security purposes, it shall not be used for any other purpose, Chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Abdul