Gust snaps electricity in Cox’s Bazar
The electricity in entire Cox’s Bazar was snapped for hours due to damage to electric lines and poles caused by gusts Sunday evening.
Transformer damage increases, Poor maintenance, overloading blamed
Transformer damage in power distribution systems is on the rise raising frequency and duration of power cuts.
Int’l experts find flaws in govt EIAs on Rampal plant
Dredging the Passur River and its channels to facilitate coal supplies to the Rampal coal-fired power plant would adversely affect the Sunderbans’ aquatic biodiversity, cautioned two reputed aquatic environmentalists of the US and Australia.
RANGAMATI ARSON Insecurity grips young girls, women of ethnic minority
Young girls and women of the ethnic minority people of the villages at Langadu in Rangamati that came under arson attack by Bengali settlers on June 2 are now in fear of physical and sexual violence.
BNP to wage peaceful movement after Eid: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party will organise people and begin peaceful movement after Eid-ul-Fitr in demand of a fair election and in protest at government repression, said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday.
More unsolicited power plants likely ahead of next polls
The government is weighing options to award a number of power plants with 100-300 megawatts capacity each bypassing tenders ahead of the next parliamentary polls scheduled to be held between October 2018 and January 2019.
Tk 14,655cr spent to bail out SoBs
The government has given Tk 14,655 crore to bail out state-owned banks including scam-hit BASIC Bank and Sonali Bank in eight years.
4 SCAM-HIT SCBS BB raises loan disbursement ceiling
Bangladesh Bank has increased the credit ceiling for four scam-hit state-owned commercial banks for 2017 in accordance with the banks’ requirement as they claimed that a lower limit impeded them to enjoy expected profit.
Budget announcement causes price hike, says 56.5 pc people
Some 56.5 percent people of the country believe that prices of essentials witness hike after the announcement of national budget, according to a survey conducted by non-government organisation Brac and IID.
2018 will be year of people, tyrant will go: Khaleda
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday said that 2018 would be the year of people and both tyranny and the tyrant would leave the country in the year.
