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Fuel loading into country's N-power plant Apr 28

Hope of having cheaper clean electricity rises as the much-awaited fuel loading into Bangladesh's maiden nuclear power plant takes place tomorrow amid global fuel crisis."Everything is set for fuel loading into Bangladesh's first nuclear unit, the 1,200-megawatt Rooppur-1, on Tuesday and its subsequent commissioning," secretary at the Ministry of Science...

Apparel leaders demand policy perks for MMF, solar panels

Apparel and associated industries have put forward a slew of pre-budget proposals to the government, including reducing source tax on exports and withdrawing tax on cash incentives and policy perks for solar panels and MMF garments. Leaders of textile, garment, and their allied industries also seek necessary policy perks to...

Scrutinise projects, maintain austerity in spending

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman instructs officials to maintain austerity in spending and scrutinising development projects to check to what extent they are beneficial to the people.The direction was given Sunday at the second meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) under the new government, in view...

Govt seeks justice, in touch with US agencies

Bangladesh has expressed strong expectations that those responsible for the killing of two Bangladeshi PhD students in the United States will be brought to justice, as authorities in Florida proceed with murder charges against a key suspect.The victims -- Jamil Ahmed Limon, 27, and Nahida Sultana Brishti, 27 -- were...

Eight children die in 24 hours

At least eight more children died of measles and measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours, including one from confirmed measles, taking the total death toll to 259, health authorities said on Sunday.Of the total fatalities, 43 were confirmed measles cases recorded since March 15 this year, according to the...

Tehran's FM returns to Pakistan

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has returned to Islamabad, Pakistan, after a brief stint in Oman, where he met with its sultan to discuss efforts to bring an end to the US-Israeli war on his country, reports Al Jazeera. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...