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NTPC mulls selling power to BD from its Assam plant

Indian state-run NTPC will consider selling electricity to Bangladesh from its upcoming 750 MW plant at Kokrajhar in Assam once the neighbouring country finalises plans to buy power from Palatana project in Tripura. “Bangladesh is planning to purchase power from Palatana project in Tripura and talks are going on in this regard. If they are successful, then there is no problem in giving power to Bangladesh (from the upcoming Assam plant),” NTPC Group General Manager — Bongaigaon Thermal Power Project Utpal Chakrabarti said. PowerFor selling power to Bangla...

Funds crunch mires Indo-Bangla rail project

Five years after the plan for an India-Bangladesh railway network was approved, uncertainty persists over the project as no funds have been allocated yet, authorities said. “It is not certain when the work for the project would start. No funds have been allocated so far for the Agartala (India)-Akhaura (Bangladesh) railway project,” Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) general manager R.K. Gupta told reporters here on Sunday evening. indo-Bangla railTripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said: “No funds were also allocated for land acquisi...

Impact of Iran’s nuke deal on Bangladesh

As the world comes to terms with the Iran nuclear deal, there has been plentiful analysis on its impact across the world. The focus largely has been on the impact in the Middle East. Its impact on the Indian subcontinent has also been researched and commented upon, with a specific focus on how India and Pakistan may benefit. However, little has been said about the nuclear deal’s impact on Bangladesh. Oftentimes, news on Bangladesh is dominated by depressing topics such as corruption, floods and heart-wrenching human tragedies such as the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse. All of this gives a

Foreigner killings sign of deeper crisis, says Moyeen Khan

A senior Bangladesh opposition leader said on Monday the killing of two foreign nationals was a sign that law and order was collapsing and the situation may get worse unless a stalemate between the two main political parties is resolved. [caption id="attachment_20116" align="alignright" width="650"]Moyeen-khan-1 File photo of Moyeen Khan[/caption] The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has staged violent protests since Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League won a second consecutive term in January 2014. The BNP boycotted the election...

SUST Admission Test Application starts Oct 13

Admission test application of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) under the academic year 2015-16 will be started at 13 October this year. Member Secretary of SUST admission committee Prof Mustak Ahmed informed it in a press conference on Monday, president of admission committee Prof Narayan Saha also present there. They also informed, application deadline for the upcoming Admission test 30 October, 2015. This is a SMS based application system powered by govt. mobile operator teletalk, to know more about admiss...

Foundation of tomorrow’ sanitation solutions

“Bangladesh can play the lead role on sanitation in the South Asian region.” said Abdul Malek, Secretary, Local Government Division, Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives at the closing session of sanitation conference ‘Journey to ZERO’ yesterday (4 October 2015). He also mentioned that going forward, Bangladesh must continue to prioritise sanitation in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. J2Z-CGuests at the session included Christian Fotsch, the Ambassador of Switzerland, Johan Frisell, the Ambassador of Sweden and...
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