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State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that the electricity, under the agreement with Adani Power, will come to Bangladesh in mid-March.
"Now we are getting 240 megawatt (MW) power on test basis from Adani power plant and in March 750 MW will be connected to the national grid through Rohonpur," he said after inspecting Adani's under-construction 1600 MW power plant having two units with 800 MW generation capacity each at Godda, Jhadkhand, India today.
Nasrul said that Adani group constructed a dedicated transmission line ...
PM asks police to sustain peoples’ trust with dedicated service
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked police to sustain peoples' trust with dedicated services and enhanced humane attitude among its personnel, promising her government's all out support to turn it as a world standard law enforcement agency.
"You (police personnel) will serve the people with the utmost humanitarian perspective," she said while inaugurating in person a six-day Police Week-2023 in the capital's Rajarbagh Police Lines, and asked them to keep up their good deeds.
Sheikh Hasina simultaneously urged police to work with an approach to sustain people's confidence o...
Chhatra Maitri forms new committee
Bangladesh Chhatra Moitri, a left leaning student body, has formed a 51-member new central committee with President Atulan Das Alo and General Secretary Aditi Adrita Srishti. Besides, Imran Nur Nirab was elected as Organizing Secretary. at the end of two-day long 21st National Council of Chhatra Maitri which ended on Tuesday.
Eminent cultural personality and dramatist Mamunur Ras
hid inaugurated the council. After that, the main discussion session of the council was held in the TSC Auditorium. Workers Party General Secretary Fazle Hossai...
hid inaugurated the council. After that, the main discussion session of the council was held in the TSC Auditorium. Workers Party General Secretary Fazle Hossai...
World population at 8 billion humans and still growing
The UN Population Division estimates that the number of humans on Earth will grow to eight billion on November 15, more than three times higher than the 2.5 billion global headcounts in 1950.
However, after a peak in the early 1960s, the world's population growth rate has decelerated dramatically, Rachel Snow of the UN Population Fund told AFP.
Annual growth has fallen from a high of 2.1% between 1962 and 1965 to below 1% in 2020.
That figure could potentially fall to around 0.5% by 2050 due to a continued decline in fertili...
Newly inaugurated 100 bridges will quicken country’s development: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today termed the inauguration of 100 bridges at a time as a historic event, saying it would help quicken the country's overall development.
"The biggest thing is that we can make the country's development quicker with the inauguration of 100 bridges," she said.
She virtually opened the 100 bridges in 25 districts at a cost of over Tk 879 crore from her official Ganabhaban residence here.
The premier also said the bridges would help the law enforcement agencies take prompt measures to ensure public security and maintain law and order.
"It will be easier to help people in any disaster," she said, adding that the transportation and marketing of the goods would be quicker and easier.
While exchanging views with the beneficiaries, the prime ministe...
Messi says 2022 World Cup will ‘surely’ be his last
Argentina captain Lionel Messi said Thursday that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will “surely” be the last of his career.
“It’s my last World Cup, surely. I feel good physically, I was able to do a very good pre-season this year, which I couldn’t do last year. It was essential to get to where I am, with a good state of mind and a lot of hope,” the 35-year-old told ESPN Argentina.
Messi, who is due to appear in his fifth World Cup, made his international debut in 2005 and has since won 164 caps for Argentina and is the country’s all-time record scorer with 90 goals.
In the interview, which took place in Paris where Messi plays for Paris Saint-Germain, he admitted he was nervous about the impending tournament.
“There is anxiety, nerves about the World Cup,” he said. “We...
