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● 3 state ministers, 5 dozens MPs didn't get AL nomination ● Three celebrities get AL nomination ● Those who get Awami League nomination ● Shakib, Mashrafe get Awami League nomination ● Expatriate's wife, two daughters found dead in Kishoreganj ● 2 die in Dinajpur truck-pickup van collision ● Maxwell hits double hundred, rescues Australia from rubble

Japan eyes turning BD, NE India, Nepal, Bhutan an industrial hub Kishida briefs Hasina

Shahnaj Begum

Japan plans to develop Bangladesh and the landlocked northeastern states of India, Nepal and Bhutan as an industrial hub by developing a port and transport connectivity in the region to foster the growth of the entire region.Japanese Prime Minister Fumio

Small-scale Rohingya repatriation talks end in Kunming

Shahnaj Begum

To start a small-scale family-based Rohingya repatriation to specific villages of Rakhine, a high-level negotiation meeting between Bangladesh and Myanmar has concluded on April 18 at the Chinese city of Kunming mediated by the Beijing government.Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen

Vast rural areas go without power for long hours in sultry summer

Shahnaj Begum

The consumers of Rural Electrification Board (REB), mainly living in the rural areas of Bangladesh, are experiencing 4 to 5 times more load-shedding in a day in this sultry summer as Bangladesh Power development Board (BPDB) has drastically cut their

Dhaka not to deviate from its principle by tilting towards any country

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh is set to share its vision for a free, open, peaceful, secure, and inclusive Indo-Pacific Region, based on international law and with shared prosperity for all with the USA during a high-level discussion between Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul

Momen leaves for Washington today to meet Blinken

Shahnaj Begum

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen leaves for Washington today to meet US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Monday to discuss bilateral issues including human rights, investment and the ways to advance the ties between the two countries.In

BPDB says needs Tk 35,000cr as subsidy for FY 23-24

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) estimated that it needs Tk 30,000 to tk 35,000 crore as subsidy from the government for the fiscal year 20223-24 due to costly power generation.We are witnessing a volatile fuel market, following the Russia-Ukraine war,

Oil prices soar nearly 6pc after OPEC+ output cut

Shahnaj Begum

Oil prices have been on an upward trend over the last 24 hours after Saudi Arabia led a surprise oil production cut across several OPEC+ nations through a press statement on Sunday. The statement also announced that OPEC would remove

Dhaka, Moscow to talk in person how to repay instalments

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh and Russia is set to conduct a meeting 'in person' to settle the issue of US$210 million loan repayment for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project.The government has so far failed to repay three instalments of the $500 million

Hasina, Modi to jointly open today for importing diesel from Assam

Shahnaj Begum

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will jointly inaugurate a 131.57-km cross-border 'Indo-Bangla Friendship Pipeline' with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi today (Saturday) to import diesel from Indian State of Assam through a video conferencing.As part of the energy sector cooperation between

Adani team due this week to discuss revision of PPA

Shahnaj Begum

A high-level technical team of Adani Power Ltd is expected to arrive in Dhaka this week to discuss the revision of power purchase agreement (PPA) issue with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), which had signed a deal for importing 1,600