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Deal signed to set up waste-to-energy project
Diplomatic Correspondent: An agreement was signed yesterday between the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) and Chinese firm U&D to develop the country’s second waste-based power plant.The power plant will generate 6 MW of electricity from garbage of Narayanganj city and adjoining areas.Welcoming the deal, LGRD…
Read More »UN lauds Bangladesh’s role in countering terrorism
Diplomatic Correspondent: UN Under-Secretary-General for Counterterrorism Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov has appreciated the good practices of Bangladesh to counter-terrorism and prevent violent extremism.Voronkov invited Bangladesh to share their story of success in the upcoming high-level meeting of the heads of counter-terrorism institutions of the Member States scheduled to take place in…
Read More »Myanmar to remain more careful: Momen
Diplomatic Correspondent: Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the government has warned Myanmar and the Myanmar side assured that they will remain more careful.He made the remarks when his comment was sought about Myanmar’s mortar shells that landed in Bangladesh.Earlier, he spoke at a programme paying respect to…
Read More »BD to import rice from Vietnam and India
Industry Desk: Bangladesh is finalising deals with Vietnam and India to import a total of 330,000 tonnes of rice as it races to replenish reserves and cool domestic prices, two officials with direct knowledge of the matter.Soaring prices of the staple grain for the country’s 165 million people pose a…
Read More »BD set to import 500,000 tons of wheat from Russia
Industry Desk: Bangladesh is set import 500,000 tonnes of wheat at $430 a tonne from Russia in a government-to-government deal as it battles to secure supplies amid surging prices, two government officials with the direct knowledge of matter said yesterday.The south Asian country, among importers hit by disruption to Ukrainian…
Read More »No bar to import food from Russia Ukraine: Tipu
Staff Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday said the government has no restrictions on importing food products from Russia and Ukraine or any other country.The minister was talking to the media after a top level government meeting on import of food grains and products held at the secretariat.He said the…
Read More »Canada-China owned firm to invest $91.15m in Ishwardi EPZ
M/s Big Dipper Textile Mills Ltd, a Canada-China owned enterprise, is going to establish a Textile industry in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (IEPZ) with an investment of $91.15 million.An agreement to this effect was signed yesterday between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and M/s Big Dipper Textile Mills Ltd…
Read More »Govt to send 8.10 lakh workers abroad this year
Staff Correspondent: The government has worked out a plan to send 8.10 lakh Bangladeshi workers abroad and provide skills development training to 5.20 lakh ones in the current fiscal year (2022-23).Besides, to train up more workers for meeting the demands overseas job market it expected to start operation of some…
Read More »Listen to countries like Bangladesh: Bachelet
Act now on climate front Rising temperatures, heat stress already affecting rice productionin parts of Bangladesh Industry Desk: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said the international community “must heed” the voice of specially affected countries like Bangladesh and act to deploy every possible resource to…
Read More »Lending decision on BD in Oct: IMF
Diplomatic Correspondent: Bangladesh has to wait until next October for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) take a final call on its request to borrow funds from the Washington-based lending agency, according to a regional official of the organization.Rahul Anand, head of IMF’s Asia-Pacific Division, said there is now no dire…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
