New line to connect Matarbari port with nat'l rail network
CHATTOGRAM, June 03: The Matarbari deep-sea port will be connected by a train link with the port city and Dhaka as a new railway track will be set up leading to the Chattogram-Gumdum-Cox's Bazar dual gauge double line. Sources said a 26-kilometre railway track will be set up under the...
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Visitors throng 17th Dhaka Travel Mart
The 17th Dhaka Travel Mart 2022 drew a huge crowd on Friday, as the participating tour operators and airlines offered lucrative discounts to the travel enthusiasts.The three-day travel and tourism fair began at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the capital on Thursday - to give impetus to the recovery efforts...
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Full potential of green energy yet to be tapped
Though the production cost of renewable energy, especially the solar power, had substantially dropped in recent years, its share in the country's power generation saw no jump, reports UNB.The dismal picture was painted in the documents of the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).According to the papers, the country's grid-connected...
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Turkish inflation hits highest rate since 1998 at 73.5 per cent
ANKARA, June 3 (AFP) : Turkey's inflation climbed to its highest level since 1998, hitting an annual 73.5 percent in May, official data showed Friday, an issue dogging President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of elections next year.Critics have blamed the country's economic woes on Erdogan's unorthodox economic policy of pushing...
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