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Russian consultant for Rooppur NPP

Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has forwarded a proposal to Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase to award a US$ 120-million contract to a Russian company for providing consultancy services for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project.The purchase committee may decide on the proposal today (Wednesday), sources said.In its proposal,...

Hamid takes oath as President for 2nd consecutive term

President Abdul Hamid took oath on Tuesday as the head of state for the second consecutive term at a ceremony at Bangabhaban in the evening, reports BSS.Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury administered his oath of office in the presence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, among other dignitaries, at...

Hasina gets Global Women’s Leadership Award

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been selected for the Global Women's Leadership Award for her outstanding contributions to advancement of women education and women entrepreneurship in Asia and Asia-Pacific region. The Global Summit of Women, a US-based non-governmental organisation, will hand over the award to the prime minister at its...

Tarique submits passport for asylum in UK

BNP said on Tuesday that its acting chairman Tarique Rahman submitted his passport to the British Home Office as he got political asylum there, but that does not mean he has relinquished his Bangladesh nationality, reports UNB."Tarique Rahman sought political asylum for a temporary period and got it. As part...

BB won’t give licence to new money exchanges

Bangladesh Bank (BB) is not issuing licence to operate new money changers, considering the present 'over saturation and chaotic state' of the business, said officials concerned. The central bank also thinks that there is no opportunity to issue licence now for operating new money exchanges in line with its existing...

Poet Belal Chy passes away

Ekushey Padak winning poet Belal Chowdhury died at a city hospital on Tuesday. He was 79, reports UNB.The prominent poet died at 12:30pm at Anwar Khan Modern Hospital in Dhanmondi, Abdullah Pratik Chowdhury, eldest son of the poet, said.The decision of his burying and funeral will be taken later after...

10 die as van ploughs into Toronto crowd

A driver deliberately ploughed his white Ryder rental van into a lunch-hour crowd in Toronto on Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 along a roughly mile-long (1.6km) stretch of sidewalk thronged with pedestrians, police said, reports Reuters.The incident, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a "tragic and senseless attack",...

‘My FB account hacked’, claims Shahriar

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam claimed on Tuesday that his Facebook account was hacked Monday night, reports UNB."My Facebook account had gone through tortures last night. Hacking! Posts were disappeared. You understand who have invested on it," he wrote on his Facebook wall.The Facebook account of the...

Muhith seeks int’l help in post-LDC era

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has urged the international community to extend cooperation to those countries graduated from the LDC status in a bid to ensure smooth graduation and thus maintain the continuity of development, reports BSS."Bangladesh is firm to face the post-LDC graduation challenges," the minister said while...

Police arrest ex-NSI DG with links to war crimes

Former National Security Intelligence (NSI) Director General Muhammad Wahidul Haque has been arrested on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971, reports bdnews24.com.Following an arrest warrant issued by the International Crimes Tribunal or ICT, police arrested him at his Baridhara home in the city on...