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HEADLINE

● Chief Adviser pays homage to Jimmy Carter ● March for Unity demands 'Proclamation of July Uprising' by Jan 15 ● Nationwide gas supply disruption expected for 72 hours ● Zahidul, Saddam new president, secy general of Islami Chhatra Shibir ● Khulna triumph over Chattogram despite Shamim's heroics ● Students' motorcade come under attack in Bagerhat ● No use of fireworks, crackers tonight: Adviser Rizwana

Hasan-Jaishankar meet in Delhi today

Shahnaj Begum

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud will sit with his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar today (Wednesday) evening in New Delhi to discuss bilateral issues without any fixed agenda.This is the Foreign Ministers maiden visit to India after taking charge of

GI tag for Tangail Saree goes to West Bengal!!

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh set to discuss the issue of Tangail Saree GI tag allocation to West Bengal with authorities concerned to know how a product, geographically named after Tangail, went to a different country.There is a popular rhyme in Bangladesh-ChomChom TomTom kumarir

Govt spends more than Tk 71,000cr for power purchase in two years

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has spent more than 71 thousand crore (Tk 719,899,994,490) for purchasing power from rental-quick rental, IPP-SIPPs and importing power from India in the last two years.According to the BPDBs accounts book, the per unit cost

Fog, bitter cold grip BD, low income people suffer most

Shahnaj Begum

Most parts of the country, including capital Dhaka, were blanketed in fog on Monday, experiencing a bitter cold spell in 21 districts. However, Dhaka and almost all districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions are badly affected by cold waves.Dhaka experienced

BPDB eyes 80.75pc tariff hike at bulk level

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) plans to increase 80.75 per cent tariff at bulk level from next month to reduce its losses.With a view to making the power sector a zero subsidy entity, which is a major condition to get

Plan to bring change in gas deals to ensure smooth supply

Shahnaj Begum

The Energy Division is set to introduce a new clause deals to be signed for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ensure the energy supplies security.Taking experience from the existing deals, that did not say anything of gas supply during

Chevron finds potential reserves in Bibiyana Gas Fields flank area

Shahnaj Begum

The reserves of the Bibiyana gas field are set to be significantly increased. US oil giant Chevron has identified significant potential reserves in a flank area outside its existing contract zone north of the field.State Minister for Power, Energy and

Clean Air Act still eludes country

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh is crawling to enact a law called Clean Air Act to control air pollution for last two decades.It also failed to do anything to combat trans-boundary air pollution, although it was proven that polluted air is drifting into Bangladesh

Most expensive election in Bangladesh history

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh is set to conduct the most expensive general election this time with a budget of TK 2276.22 crore, which is almost double than the 11th General Election in 2018.Off these amount TK 1,225.62 crore would be spent for the

Energy sector in BD strained by dollar crisis since November

Shahnaj Begum

The countrys energy and power sector has been severely affected since November by the dollar crisis, which has prompted state-owned Petrobangla and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to open L/Cs to import fuels or purchase electricity from Independent Power Producers