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Tourism rebounds on Eid vacationers

The tourism industry expects good business from the Eid as hotel and resort operators received a lot of bookings in the run-up to the festival, thanks to a stable political climate. “We expect an increased number of tourists during the Eid vacation,” said Omar Sultan, president of Cox’s Bazar Hotel-Motel and Guesthouse Owners Association. Different hotels, motels and guesthouses in the beach city have sold 50 percent of the rooms for the July 31-August 1 duration, he said. Bangladesh-TourismThe industry was hit hard l...

Biman sitting idle with large planes  

All six Boeing 777s of Biman remain underutilised for lack of long-haul flights and pilots, causing the national carrier to lose crores of taka every year. “More than 20 percent of the operational capacity of the planes remain unutilised, as we could not open routes in line with their capacity,” an official at Biman’s operations department told The Daily Star on condition of anonymity, reports the Daily Star. The calculation was made given that each of the six aircraft flies 12 hours a day, the official said. biman-300Sometimes, a shortage of pi...

Indo-Bangla power JV to be operational by FY18

The USD 1.2-billion Indo-Bangla power joint venture is planning to award the contract for construction of the plant by April 2015 and expected to start commercial generation by FY18. “We expect to award the contract next year. The company has recently appointed Fichtner Consulting Engineers and is in the process of finalising a consultant who will help in sourcing coal for the project,” NTPC Chairman & Managing Director Arup Roy Choudhury said. bd-indiaThe plant is likely to consume around 8 million tonnes of coal every year and the entire generat...

Surge in tourists from Bangladesh to India  

Bangladesh continued to top the list of six neighbouring countries in terms of number of foreign tourists arriving in India, Rajya Sabha was informed today. Bangladesh held the apex position in this regard during the last three years. bd-indiaA total of 1,139,238 people from six neighbouring countries Afghanistan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh visited India in 2013, Tourism Minister Shripad Naik said in a written reply. There were 4,63,543 visitors from Bangladesh in 2011 which increased to 4,87,397 in 2012 and the number increa...

No gas from Relaince being supplied to Bangladesh

The new Indian government has decided that the whole issue of gas pricing will need comprehensive re-examination.(Reuters) The new Government has decided that the whole issue of gas pricing will need comprehensive re-examination.(Reuters) SummaryThe new Government has decided that the whole issue of gas pricing will need comprehensive re-examination. Reliance_IndustriesThe government today asserted that no gas from Reliance Industries’ eastern offshore KG-D6 block was being supplied to Bangladesh. In the run up to t...

Biman’s bid to appoint aircraft procurement agency hits snag

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ move to appoint a reputed international agency for assisting it in sourcing a variety of aircraft faces a setback as it did not yet get any acceptable response. The last date for submission of tender paper was April 24, 2014, but sources confirmed that the response has not been satisfactory at all, reports UNB. “Biman has floated offer several times in this regard, but is yet to get any considerable response,” a well-placed source at Biman told UNB. bimanCurrently, the national flag carrier has no small aircraft for operating ...
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