Adani agrees to restore full power supply
NEW DELHI, Feb 14: Adani Power has agreed to fully restore supply from a 1,600 MW India power plant to Bangladesh in a few days after a gap of three months but has rejected Dhaka's request for discounts and tax benefits, two sources told Reuters.Billionaire Gautam Adani's company halved supply...
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Major parties plead for polls completing minimal reforms
Major political parties want national elections to be conducted soon on completion of necessary reforms relevant to the polls. However, opinions differ over the sequence of elections-the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) along with some other parties stresses the priority of national elections first while the emergent Jatiya Nagorik Committee and...
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Dynamic selection process in the offing
The interim government is going to introduce a "dynamic social registry (DSR)" system to receive real-time applications seeking government support from the social safety-net programmes (SSNPs), officials said.The online registration system is expected to check fraudulent and bad-practices in the selection process of beneficiaries and ensure transparency and accountability, said...
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Inflation notably erodes people's savings capacity
High inflation is undermining Bangladeshis' inherent saving habit that gives economists to believe that deeper financial problems may be forthcoming as high prices of commodities dent household savings and investments. They note that Bangladesh has long been a nation of savers. People traditionally set aside a significant portion of their...
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Prayer Timings (2025-02-16)
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