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Probe into emergency landing of BD plane in India

A three-member investigation team from Bangladesh arrived at Raipur on Monday to investigate the circumstances leading to emergency landing of United Airways Bangladesh (UBD 585) flight at Swami Vivekananda airport here following a engine failure on August 7. The team, comprising investigation in-charge Capt Akram Ahmed, member secretary Md Ayub Khan and member Mohammad Shafiul Azam are being assisted by a team of Air India officials to ascertain the cause behind the engine breakdown and the resultant damage caused to United-Airwaysaircraft...

GMR Nepal plants to export power to Bangladesh

Infra major GMR Group, which is setting up two hydel power projects in Nepal, is in discussions with Bangladesh government among others to export power from the Himalayan country. “Initial discussions were initiated for tying up sale of power with Government of Bangladesh, Power Trading Company (PTC) / NTPC / Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN),” GMR said in its annual report. It added, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a World Bank arm, is expected to pick up 10 per cent stake in both the projects, besides acting as lead lender. PowerThe com...

BSC vessels buying plan on hold

The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC), which got permission for procurement of six vessels from China after a long delay, is now in the midst of yet another complexity involving their building in Chinese shipyards. china BDThe BSC has chosen a Chinese shipbuilder for the purpose. But the Exim Bank of China, which is bankrolling the ship procurement project, has objected to the selection of what is described as an inexperienced’ shipbuilder and suggested the name of another one. The Exim Bank recently requested the BSC to build the vessels at the...

Power, gas go up

The government has raised gas price by 26.29 per cent and power price by 2.93 per cent at the household level. The new price will come into effect on 1 September, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Bazilian_PowerToThePoor(BERC) announced on Thursday afternoon. The regulatory body said the decision to raise the widely used utility services was taken afte much discussion and debates on the implications of the move. The price-hike of the utilities was announced despite fall in oil prices in the international marke...

BD seeks foreign investment in tourism sector

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon on Thursday sought foreign investment in the tourism sector to help grow the sector further with an increased employment generation. “We need cooperation from neighbours to get more tourists…we also invite investments here,” he said. Tourism_55dee51f6ad41The Tourism Minister made the call while addressing the inaugural session of a three-day tourism fair tiled ‘4th Asian Tourism Fair, 2015’ at Bashundhara International Convention City in the city as the chief guest. ...

Indian subcontinent power generation rental market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Indian Subcontinent Power Generation Rental Market: Bangladesh, India & Pakistan 2015” report to their offering. This study focuses on the Indian Subcontinent power rental market with geographical coverage of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. For purposes of this research, power rental is defined as the rental of generator sets that run on either gas, diesel or any other fuel or setting up of temporary (maximum 15 years) power plants utilizing fuels for power generation. This report Powerdoes not incl...
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