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FG urged to adopt Bangladesh model on renewable energy

The Deputy Managing Director of Infrastructure Development Company Limited of Bangladesh, Mr. Sahabuddin Formanul Islam, has urged Nigeria to set up energy bank as part of the initiative to provide fund for the development of the electricity sector of the economy. Part of the fund, he said, would be used to support the building of renewable energy to boost the development of the rural sector of Nigerian economy. Solar LightMr Formanul Islam who spoke to Daily Independent in an interview on the sideline of West Africa Power Convention ...

More 12,000 Bangladeshi workers for plantation sector in Sarawak

An additional 12,000 Bangladeshi workers will be allowed to work in the plantations sector in Sarawak said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Bangladeshi workersNajib said Sarawak needed 62,000 workers in the sector and Malaysia may bring in more workers from the country to meet this demand. “If they can adapt themselves, we will consider increasing this numbers,” he said after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the move was signed by Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot and Bangladesh Minister...

Bangladesh, Malaysia sign four agreements

Bangladesh signed four agreements with Malaysia Wednesday, ranging from exporting manpower and partially easing visa requirements to cooperation in tourism and cultural exchanges. The deals were signed in the presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak in Putra Jaya. BD-MalThe deals included a protocol amending the 2012 memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the employment of workers from Bangladesh in Malaysia. The amendment will allow the recruitment of at least 12,000 Bangladeshi workers in Sarawak st...

Echoes from Bangladesh

Towards the end of a session in Dhaka in late November at the Hay Literature Festival, where my book on Bangladesh was launched, when the moderator, Qayyum Khan, also a freedom fighter, opened the floor to questions, one man spoke cryptically, asking me about what can a small country do when it is surrounded by a larger country. He was clearly alluding to India and Bangladesh. bangladeshI said there were similar concerns in Mexico about the US, in Myanmar about China, and in other smaller countries surrounded by a bigger one. The man seeme...

Nov blackout: Significance for energy cooperation in SA

On the 1st of November 2014, Bangladesh suffered an electricity blackout that lasted 10 hours, making it one of the worst power failures in the country’s history. Although the current government has made significant improvements in the generation of electricity in recent years, which has increased from 4,130 MW in 2007 to 8,525 MW in 2013 ,1 this was the fourth blackout since 20032 and load shedding is still a reality3 with electricity shortages of up to 1000 MW in the peak summer season4 . Dhaka-BangladeshHowever, ...

ICAB President off to India

Two- member delegation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh comprising ICAB President Showkat Hossain FCA and Member Council & Past President Abbas Uddin Khan FCA off to India to participate in Showkat Hossain FCA (Photo) (1)37th SAFA Board Meeting and SAFA International Seminar on ‘Integrated Reporting’ scheduled to be held at Bhubaneshwar, India on 04, December 2014. Besides, they will also participate in SAFA Best Presented Annual Report Awards & SAARC Anniversary Awards for C...
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