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RHD in a fix over extent of land acquisition

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is in difficulty to implement its next four-lane highway project than other such projects due to requirement of acquiring a greater extent of land to widen only 190 km road.Sources said the project to turn the 190.4-km-long Elenga-Hatikumrul-Rangpur Highway into a four-lane one needs acquisition...

PM opens Tk 143b dev projects in Ctg today

CHITTAGONG, Mar 20: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate 14 development projects and lay the foundation stone for another 28 projects amounting to over Tk 143.25 billion tomorrow in Chittagong.She will open the projects from Patiya Model High School ground, some 22 kilometres off the port city just...

Biman’s Saidpur flight makes emergency landing

A Saidpur-bound flight of state-carrier Biman made Tuesday an emergency landing at the Dhaka airport, in what is attributed to "cabin pressure."Cabin pressure is a process in which conditioned air is pumped into the cabin of an aircraft in order to create a safe and comfortable environment for passengers.The emergency...

62 cos win export trophy

A total of 62 companies will receive National Export Trophy for the fiscal year 2014-15 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the country's export earnings.The commerce ministry selected the names of the award-winning companies under 28 categories through a gazette notification on March 15.Zaber and Zubair Fabrics Limited has...

British lawyer to advise Khaleda’s counsels

BNP has appointed Lord Carlile, one of Uk's top legal experts, to help BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's lawyers to face her cases properly, reports UNB.BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the announcement at a press conference at BNP's Nayapaltan central office."Our expatriate friends living in London...

APSCL signs deal with Chinese consortium

The state-owned Ashuganj Power Station Company Ltd (APSCL) inked an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with a Chinese consortium on Tuesday to construct a 400-megawatt (MW) gas-fired combined cycle power plant.The consortium of China Technical Import and Export Corporation and China National Corporation for Overseas Economic Cooperation will build...

Govt to build 317km road along India, Myanmar border

The government has approved a road construction project along 317 kilometres (kms) of the 540kms of its border with India and Myanmar, report agencies.The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the Tk 17 billion 'Border Road (Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban Hill District) Construction Project 1st Phase' at...

RAJUK partially demolishes AK Azad’s residence

Managing Director of Ha-Meem Group AK Azad said a team of RAJUK (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha) started demolishing his house located in the city's Gulshan area at around 10 am on Tuesday, assigning the reason for "not having any valid design of the house.""Despite showing all the valid documents, the RAJUK...

‘Gunfight’ with criminals kills DB inspector

An inspector of Detective Branch of police was killed in a reported gunfight with criminals at Middle Pirerbagh in the capital's Mirpur area on early Tuesday, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as Md Jalaluddin, inspector of Detective Branch of police.A source of DB police said tipped-off that a gang of...

Vehicles plying the main road lying in a dilapidated condition

Dust: Vehicles plying the main road lying in a dilapidated condition for long at Banasree in the capital on Tuesday, raising a choking dust storm — FE Photo

New technology adds spin to China's waste management

BEIJING, Mar 20: New technologies are accelerating China's path towards a beautiful country by giving a pushing hand to waste management and recycling systems, as more Chinese residents have realised the importance of sorting their garbage.Garbage classification has grown into a systematic programme nationwide since the country launched a pilot...