Japan is set to provide the highest-ever amount of loan to Bangladesh under a new loan package to facilitate implementation of five large ongoing projects in the port, communications, and energy and power sectors.Officials said a negotiation team of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has confirmed the funding for...
Read moreThe historic Mujibnagar Day was observed on Wednesday marking the formation of Bangladesh's first government that led the War of Liberation in 1971, reports UNB.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of historic Mujibnagar Day.The Prime Minister paid the...
Read moreThe US energy giant Excelerate sees Bangladesh as an LNG (liquefied natural gas) market poised for exponential growth to meet the needs of its fast-growing economy.Excelerate delivered the first floating LNG import facility at Moheshkhali Island in August 2018, some two years after deals were done."The maiden project came on...
Read moreA writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking its directives to form a judicial inquiry commission to investigate the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, reports UNB.Supreme Court lawyer Yunus Ali Akond filed a petition with the HC seeking it directives to take necessary steps to...
Read moreAfter identifying 22 sources of graft in Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) submitted on Wednesday an investigation report to the ministry concerned in this regard.The commission in its report has also put forward a 12-point recommendation to curb corruption in the country's largest natural...
Read moreTanners have agreed on setting up of a company to operate the central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at Savar Leather Industrial Park.They will complete all the formalities necessary for forming the company by the end of this month. The decision came at a view-exchange meeting between Industries Minister Nurul Majid...
Read moreConsumers' rights groups staged a demonstration in the city on Wednesday in protest against the proposed gas price hike.They also criticised the role of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) for its role in dealing the issue by properly scrutinising the price hike proposals.The Bangladesh Sadharan Nagorik Samaj formed a...
Read morePer capita carbon emission in Bangladesh has increased alarmingly from 0.85 tonnes of CO2eq in 2005 to 0.98 tonnes of CO2eq in 2012.Climate experts disclosed this at the launch of the 'Third National Communication of Bangladesh to the UNFCCC' report in CIRDAP auditorium on Wednesday.Carbon emissions are increasing gradually, portraying...
Read moreLeaders of Bangladesh Noujan Sramik Federation (BNSF) suspended on Wednesday their work abstention programme for 45 days.The labour rights organisation decided to put off the strike following a fruitful tripartite meeting between the government, vessel owners and labour leaders at the department of labour in the capital. After the meeting,...
Read moreTemperatures throughout Bangladesh have been on the rise since the turn of the Bangla new year, reports bdnews24.com. The country is experiencing searing heat and humidity following a recent string of thunderstorms.The Met office forecasts a heat wave to grip different regions of the country after Friday. A temperature of...
Read moreJAKARTA, Apr 17 (Reuters): Indonesian President Joko Widodo appeared set for a second term as "quick count" results from Wednesday's election rolled in, but his challenger claimed that he had won the popular vote and urged supporters not to let his victory be snatched away. Data from private pollsters based...
Read moreThe year of conducting the survey on taxpayers' satisfaction was not mistakenly mentioned in the front-page news item, published in the April 17, 2019 issue of the FE under the headline 'Respondents give mixed reaction'. Actually, the survey was conducted in 2017.The inadvertent mistake is regretted.
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