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B'desh mulls electricity export to India

Bangladesh now considers exporting power to neighbouring India to utilise the unused electricity.The Joint Steering Committee (JSC) of the two countries discussed the issue Monday to strengthen bilateral electricity trade in future.The 17th committee meeting between the two countries was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dhaka.Power secretary Ahmed Kaikaus...

1,251 more hospitalised with dengue

A total of 1,251 people, infected with dengue fever, were hospitalised afresh in the last 24 hours until Monday morning. The number is 4.0 per cent lower than that of the previous 24 hours, according to official data.The data also showed that the total number of hospitalised dengue patients declined...

G7 to release funds to fight Amazon rainforest fire

BIARRITZ, Aug 26 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump on Monday offered an olive branch to China after days of intense feuding over trade and opened the door to diplomacy on Iran, easing tension on the last day of a strained G7 summit. The leaders of the world's major industrialized nations,...

Foreign Office taken aback as Rohingya stage rally

Sunday's showdown by nearly 0.2 million Rohingya at the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar has caught government high-ups off guard.The Foreign Ministry has already communicated with the Home Ministry to find out the next course of action to stop such agitation in the Rohingya camps, officials said."I saw the agitation...

No more separate licences for telcos

The country's telecom regulator has moved to formulate a unified guideline for the country's mobile operators instead of separate licences for 2G, 3G and 4G services.The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has already formulated the draft guidelines titled "Regulatory and Licencing Guidelines for Establishing, Operating and Maintaining Cellular Mobile Services...

News Watch (27-08-2019)

Three UPDF activists die in 'shootout' with armyThree activists of the Prasit Bikash Khisha-led United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) were killed in a "shootout" with the army in Khagrachhari, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Directorate. The gunfight broke out between the UPDF members and an army patrol unit...