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Govt to lay foundation stone Oct 22 Energy adviser to the prime minister Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said the government is determined to move ahead with the controversial 1320 MW coal-fired Rampal power plant project despite opposition from environmentalists and different political parties and lay its foundation stone on October 22. Rejecting an idea that ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday assured the global community of doing everything necessary to achieve the universally agreed post-2015 Development Agenda as Bangladesh has been in the forefront of global efforts in laying down the political groundwork for intergovernmental negotiations. “Our national consultations also happily

The Indian power company, which was entrusted with setting up a controversial power plant at Rampal, near the Sundarbans, had failed to implement a similar project in India for refusal of permission by the government of India, experts allege. They also claim that Bangladesh will incur a loss of Tk. 140,000 crore for buying power ... Read more

People annoyed with frequent power outages have started holding protests in places across the country. People held protests demanding uninterrupted power supply at Raipur in Lakshmipur, Harinakundu in Jhenaidah and Mirsarai in Chittagong in the past two days. They said that they had been facing power cuts 12 to 18 times a day for a few days.

The parliamentary watchdog on energy and power on Wednesday expressed satisfaction at the state of power generation during the tenure of the incumbent government but it was silent on the massive power cuts in last few days. The standing committee on energy,

A powerful earthquake has killed at least 328 people and wounded hundreds more in Pakistan’s remote south-west province of Balochistan. The 7.7-magnitude quake struck on Tuesday afternoon at a depth of 20km (13 miles) north-east of Awaran, the US Geological Survey said. Many

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought the support of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President to declare February 21 as the ‘International Mother Language Day’. She requested the UNGA President to extend his support in Bangladesh’ s bid during a meeting with UNGA President Ambassador John W Ashe held at the United Nations Headquarters

Families of road crash victims protest Home’s decision to go soft on reckless driving Families of road crash victims yesterday gathered at a press conference in the capital protesting the government’s initiative to exempt reckless drivers from death penalty. Last Wednesday, Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir pledged transport owners and workers that deaths by road ... Read more

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appealed to the world leaders and the development partners to redouble effort to place education at the heart of global development mission. “Our efforts would certainly realise an educated, and therefore, a safe and secure world for our future generation,” she said this at a function on

Reaffirming his stance over the next general election, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said his party will not take part in the polls if the major political parties boycott it. “The major political parties aren’t willing to join the polls under the current regime… therefore, Jatiya Party won’t participate in the general election if ... Read more

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad admitted on Wednesday that the electoral might have some little mistakes. But there is no scope to have big mistakes in the electoral roll as it was prepared using an automated system he told reporters when his attention was drawn to the allegation of the leader of the opposition leader ... Read more

A Dhaka Court on Wednesday rejected the bail prayer of Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan in connection with the alleged distortion of facts about the police raid on Hefazat’s May 5 rally in the capital. Dhaka Cyber Crime Court Judge AK Shamsul Alam passed the order after hearing the bail plea in presence of Adilur and ... Read more

Hall-Mark Chief CJ to decide on lower court bail A High Court bench yesterday sent the Anti-Corruption Commission’s petitions, seeking cancellation of Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam’s bail in 11 loan scam cases, to the chief justice for a decision. The ACC filed 11 criminal revision petitions with the HC in August this year, challenging the ... Read more

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took part in a discussion with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the MDG innovation forum in New York. The UN secretary general invited the leaders from the private and public sectors with the goal of the MDG advocate-led innovation forum to

The state-run Soil Resources Development Institute has found some 40 per cent of both locally produced and imported fertilisers adulterated. Laboratory tests by SRDI also found that the adulteration levels in fertilisers, including urea, DAP, SSP, SOP and boron, increased compared

Apparel workers continued agitation to press home their demand for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 8,100 for the fourth consecutive day in Dhaka, Narayanganj and Tangail, ignoring the government’s call for joining their works. The government held a tripartite meeting with factory owners and workers on Monday night and after the meeting shipping

Apparel Sector Owners sound warning against unrest Apparel factory owners on Tuesday said that they would not be able to pay wages and festival allowances to workers if the unrest in the sector over wage increase continued. The fresh unrest and vandalism in the apparel sector over an increase in wages creates new fears and ... Read more

Apparel Sector Wage CPD for Tk 6,560 this year, Tk 8,200 from next year Civil society think-tank Centre for Policy Dialogue on Tuesday proposed Tk 6,560 in monthly minimum wage for entry-level apparel workers. The minimum wage needs to be increased to Tk 8,200, CPD officials said at a dialogue in the CIRDAP auditorium. The CPD ... Read more

For the second time, prime minister Hasina received South-South award for her achievement in fighting poverty use of technology in Bangladesh. The International Organisation for South-South Cooperation (IOSSC) authority handed over the award to the PM at their headquarters in New York

Govt will be paralysed after Oct 24: Moudud BNP chairperson and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia has said that her party will never allow any election under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina administration as well as the current voter list. “People have become annoyed with the government due to its acts of repression, misdeeds and corruption. ... Read more