The state-run Power Development Board, even six months after it was asked to do so, has still not drafted any guidelines on how the new Power Maintenance and Development Fund should be used for increasing power generation in the old plants. On February 8 this year, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission asked the PDB to ... Read more
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BNP, allies to stage demo on July 23
Main opposition BNP and allies announced Tuesday that they would hold countrywide demonstrations on July 23 to press the demand for the repeal of the 15th amendment to the Constitution which abolished the election time non party caretaker government and to push other issues. BNP said that it would also protest against Awami League led ... Read more
BNP won’t get further chance if it fails to join talks today: CEC
The chief election commissioner, ATM Shamsul Huda, on Tuesday said that main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party would get no further chance to sit with the commission if the party failed to attend the dialogue scheduled for today. The dialogue between the ruling Awami League and the Election Commission was not held on
Sirajganj town threatened as embankment breaches
The Sirajganj town stands threatened by the River Jamuna after the town protection embankment collapsed on Monday night. A stretch of at least 70 metres of the embankment on the eastern bank of the river breached. This is the fourth time the embankment breaded in two years, which created panic among the
RanksTel set to resume service
Private landline operator RanksTel won back approval from the telecom regulator on Sunday to resume operations after a 16-month shutdown. A team of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission restored RanksTel’s licence and spectrum, after the operator withdrew the case it filed against the
Two locally built cargo ships launched
A local company recently launched two cargo ships built at the cost of Tk 8 crore at a dockyard in Barisal for plying on river and coastal routes. The ships were built at the shipyard of Sundarban Navigation Company at Beltala on the bank of Kirtankhola River. Agrani Bank financed for the construction of the
Call for proper implementation
Climate Strategy Call for proper implementation The country’s future depends on how effectively the government implement the climate change strategy and action plan, experts said yesterday, emphasising proper research to face the challenge. Speaking at a climate conference, they blamed lacks of political will and coordination among ministries for Bangladesh’s lagging behind in climate strategy ... Read more
Office hours during Ramadan
Staff Correspondent Office hours during the month of Ramadan will be from 9:00am to 3:30pm for government, semi-government, and autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations. A proposal in this regard will be placed in the cabinet at its regular weekly meeting today at Bangladesh Secretariat. Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina will chair the
6 beaten to death
Villagers in Aminbazar, police claim them to be robbers; they found to be fun-loving students; families barricade roads Six students were killed after hundreds of villagers in Amin Bazar on the city’s outskirts swooped on them with sticks and sharp weapons early yesterday on the night of Shab-e-Barat. The reason behind the attack, which also ... Read more
Students they were
They all were students, “not robbers”. Shams Rahim Shamam, 17, an A-level student of Maple Leaf International School, was one of the six students who were beaten to death by a mob in Amin Bazar early yesterday. The other five victims are Ibrahim Khalil, 20, Towhidur Rahman Palash, 22, and Kamruzzaman
If population 14cr, food in surplus
Agriculture minister terms latest census find unrealistic The preliminary findings of the latest census that put the country’s population at 142.3 million do not correspond with the current figures of domestic demand for food, its production and import. “Had the population been 142.3 million, we should have been sitting on sacks full of food grains ... Read more
Metro rail project hits a snag because of clearance problem
JICA wants all procedure to be completed by next month The communications ministry is facing an uphill task to make progress in the proposed metro rail as the air force again refused to give clearance for the mega transport project worth US$ 1.7 billion. Officials of the ministry said the air force under the ministry ... Read more
14 killed in road accidents
Fourteen people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla, Tangail and Natore on Sunday and Monday. In Comilla, four people were killed in a road accident in Barpara area on Dhaka-Chittagong highway under Daudkandi upazila on
ATN Bangla celebrates its 15th anniversary
Country’s first private satellite television ATN Bangla has turned 15 on Friday. On this occasion, the television authority organised a colourful cultural programme at its Bashundhara Studio. Only the members of ATN Bangla family performed at the programme which was aired live. Senior reporter of ATN Bangla Keramatullah Biplob and Hridoy Nondita Hridy hosted the ... Read more
Dhaka unaware as Delhi gives go-ahead to Tipaimukh dam
Water Resources Minister Ramesh Chandra Sen on Saturday said that his ministry was not aware of a reported move by the Indian government to start construction of the Tipaimukh Dam. “We do not have any information about it,” the minister told The Independent when his attention was drawn to media reports that the North Eastern ... Read more
When glory was only 300 metres away
Europe’s Highest Peak When glory was only 300 metres away Wasfia Nazreen, the first Bangladeshi attempting to climb the seven highest mountains of the world’s seven continents, returned home yesterday after attempting to climb Mount Elbrus situated on the borders of South West Russia and Georgia. Wasfia and her team were 300 metres from the ... Read more
Govt ready to award environment critics
Says Hasan Mahmud The government would award people who constructively criticise its roles related to environment and wildlife preservation, State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud said here yesterday. Criticisms will make the government aware of its lapses and act accordingly, he said, speaking at the inauguration of a 15-day tree fair at ... Read more
Constitutional recognition of ethnic minorities demanded
Ninety-four eminent citizens of Chittagong in a joint statement on Saturday demanded cancellation of the 15th amendment to the Constitution and recognition of the ethnic minority communities in it. They came down heavily on the government for imposing Bengali nationality on the minority communities by amending the Article 6 of the Constitution, which now states ... Read more
Rural internet far off: study
The rural people of Bangladesh would not get ubiquitous access to the internet in the next few years due to a lack of government stimulus in the telecom sector, according to a research jointly conducted by Alcatel-Lucent and World Economic Forum. The study said, with no stimulus, the urban population of Bangladesh may come close ... Read more
Garment makers open liaison offices in HK
Ready Made Garments Garment makers open liaison offices in HK Many Bangladeshi garment entrepreneurs are opening their liaison offices in Hong Kong to ensure easy and quick services in businesses, said the industry insiders. The RMG sector entrepreneurs are getting interested to open new offices in Hong Kong also for geographical proximity with China, the ... Read more