French firm to finalise design next month
FE ReportFrench oil and gas sector management company Technip would finalise design for building the country's second crude oil refinery next month, a senior official said on Saturday.Technip had submitted a draft of the final design of the refinery to the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in March last.The design...
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Rain disrupts city life
Heavy downpour in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country disrupted normal life and routine activities on Saturday.Commuters in many city areas suffered immensely with busy streets inundated after the monsoon rainfall.Office-goers, students and those returning from their village homes after Eid holidays suffered a lot amid torrential rain in the...
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Gas supply shortage hits Ctg city hard
Pankaj DastiderCHATTOGRAM, June 23: The people of Chattogram have been facing severe gas crisis as its supply from Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Ltd has reached the lowest level recently.The region is now getting, on average, 100 million cubic feet of gas per day (mmcfd) against the demand for about 500...
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UN for addressing root causes of Rohingya crisis
The United Nations commended on Saturday the commitment demonstrated by the government of Bangladesh in supporting the Rohingya refugees and highlighted that the root causes of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar must be addressed, reports UNB."The Bangladeshi people demonstrated very early on its solidarity towards the Rohingya, providing them with...
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