Airtel 3G in Khulna
Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing telecom operator in Bangladesh, has started its 3G service in Khulna. Md. Moniruzzaman Moni , Mayor of Khulna City Corporation officially inaugurated Airtel’s 3G service as the Chief Guest through a video call from Khulna with Airtel’s CEO and Managing Director, Chris Tobit at Dhaka.
The Mayor said “We are grateful to Airtel for bringing 3G in Khulna and hope that this will create opportunities in Khulna and will further develop Khulna in terms of education and health services.”
Hilsa ban not lifted soon
The government has no immediate plans to lift the ban imposed in 2012 on the export of hilsa to ensure a smooth supply of the silver delicacy in local markets.
"How much we get from export of hilsa fish? We do not have any immediate plan to resume hilsa export," state-run BSS news agency quoted Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed as saying.
He said the ban on the fish, declared the National Fish of Bangladesh upon the country gaining independence in 1971, was needed to ensure supply to local markets and check its pr...
He said the ban on the fish, declared the National Fish of Bangladesh upon the country gaining independence in 1971, was needed to ensure supply to local markets and check its pr...
Bangladesh asks BIMSTEC to take stand on climate change
Bangladesh on Tuesday asked BIMSTEC countries to take a "unified" stand and seriously consider the adverse impact of climate change keeping in mind global assessments that indicate an increase in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters in the region.
Addressing the 3rd BIMSTEC Summit here, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that to ensure unimpeded development, there was need to "mobilize collective efforts to monitor, and take unified stand to seriously consider the adverse impacts of climate change".
Hasina again urges for water accords with India
Despite decades-old disputes over sharing of waters between Bangladesh and India, notably from the Teesta river, Dhaka hopes it can finalise a host of treaties with New Delhi.
"Modalities need to be found for the sharing of water resources, especially of common waters," Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the BIMSTEC Summit in this Myanmar capital.
"As, for example, Bangladesh and India are sharing the waters of river Ganga with the signing of the 30-year-old Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, with others to follow soon," she said at the summit, where the Indian side is being led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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The coal delusion of Bangladesh
Like most poor countries, Bangladesh needs a lot of energy to develop its economy, the cheaper the better. About 80 percent of its electricity now comes from natural gas. But with gas resources waning and an entrenched, inefficient subsidy system, the government has decided to promote coal instead. This shift comes with great risks: Coal power pollutes, and Bangladesh is at once the most densely populated country on earth and one of the most exposed to the effects of climate change.
Under its 20...
Under its 20...
China donates calamity rescue equipment to Bangladesh
China has donated 50 ambulances and calamity rescue equipment to the country's Fire Service and Civil Defense as a token of friendship of the Chinese people towards Bangladesh.
Li Jun, Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, handed over the ambulances and calamity rescue equipment to the Bangladesh authorities in a ceremony on Tuesday morning, reports Xinhua.
Bangladeshi State-Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan, while thanking and expressing gratitude to the Chinese government and its people for the ...
Bangladeshi State-Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan, while thanking and expressing gratitude to the Chinese government and its people for the ...
