Cost to escalate as BR seeks five more years
The state-run Bangladesh Railway (BR) has sought five years more to procure 70 locomotives, as it could not implement the project in time despite its inception in 2011, officials have said.It now seeks funds higher by 37 per cent than the preliminary estimation in 2011 due to the hike in...
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Fire at Chawkbazar again, three injured
Three people were injured in a blast at a scrap metal shop in the Old Dhaka's Chawkbazar area on Saturday afternoon, after 10 days of devastating fire in the area.The three victims were identified as Nure Alam, Suman Khan and Suman, Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost Sub Inspector...
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Titas to remove illegal connections by June next
The government has planned to replace decades-old gas transmission and distribution pipelines with the new ones in the capital to check pilferage, avoid leakage and ensure efficient use of natural gas."Titas Gas will execute a big project worth Tk 1,200 crore (12 billion) to remove old pipelines and lay fresh...
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BGB hands over captured Myanmar army man today
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) will hand over a captured member of Myanmar army to their authorities concerned today (Sunday). Commander of BGB 34 battalion in Cox's Bazar Lt Col Ali Haidar Azad Ahmed said that a member of Myanmar Army was captured from the Hatichhora area on Ballaukkhaiya Border under...
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Two Gono Forum MPs-elect write to Speaker for oath
Two Gono Forum leaders - Sultan Md Mansur Ahmed and Mukabbir Khan - have again expressed their interests in taking oath as members of parliament or MPs. They wrote to the Speaker for taking oath on March 07, Ahmed said. In the December 30 polls, Sultan Mansur was elected from...
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