Regular power outages are prompting Bangaladesh to build two new coal-fired power plants. The Rampal plant is the furthest along and is scheduled to become operational by 2021.
The plants are planned to be built near the Sundarbans, the world’s largest single tract of mangrove forest, home to tigers, freshwater dolphins, and hundreds of other wildlife species.
Critics ranging from local communities and scientists to banks and UNESCO are critical of the plants’ proposed location near the Sundarbans, which they say will harm the region’s wildlife and human communities.
Bangladesh, regarded by many as the nation most vulnerable to the impacts of global climate change, is on track to construct two coal-fired power plants that critics say are dangerously close to the world’s largest...
Robi has partnered with SSL Wireless to facilitate enhanced SMS based marketing campaigns to Corporate and SME sector across the country. An agreement was signed in this regard at the mobile operator’s corporate office at Gulshan today. Robi’s Managing and Director and CEO Supun Weerasinghe and SSL Wireless’s Managing Director Sayeeful Islam signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations.
Robi’s Country Head for Digital Services Mohammad Manzur Rahman, Execut...
Coastal Bangladesh is an unlikely place for a fresh water crisis. Mighty rivers carve paths through the landscape, all the way from melting Himalayan glaciers in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south. Viewed from above, the countryside is an extensive patchwork of agricultural ponds, glinting in the sunlight.
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As more farmers convert freshwater fields into shrimp farms the salt from seawater seeps further inland. Photograph: Joanna Lovatt[/capt...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB), an association of Government License holder Hajj Agencies. Under the agreement HAAB will now use the online banking facilities of the branches of Al-Arafah Islami Bank. The Hajjis who want to pilgrim the Holy Kaaba can also use the special banking services.
The MOU was signed between Al-Arafah Islami Bank Limited and HAAB on 17 February 2016 at the Board Room of Al-Arafah Islami Bank. Md. Habibur Rahman, Managing Director of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd. and Mohammad Ibrahim Bahar, President of HAAB signed the
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In 2015, Moscow delivered five Mi-171Sh helicopters to Bangladesh. Following the delivery, Moscow signed a contract for the supply of another batch to Dhaka.
“At the moment the helicopters are under construction at Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant [located in
the eastern Russian Republic of Buryatia] and are planned to be delivered before the end of 2016,” Alexander Shcherbinin told RIA Novosti.
Russia Plans to Sign Deal on 48 Mi-17V-5 Helicopters Delivery to India in 2016 He added that Mi-171Sh helicopters had alread...
Recently a Bi-lateral agreement has been signed between Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) and Computer Network Systems Limited (CNS) at CNS’s head office in Dhaka. The Computer Network Systems Limited (CNS) signed on the agreement on behalf of BRTA.
Under this agreement the Motorjan owner will able to deposit their Registration Fee and Tax in all the branches of SJIBL.
The Deputy Managing Director of Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited Mr. M. Akhter Hossain and the ...
