BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that his party is different from Jamaat-e-Islami in terms of ideology and political principles. "We believe in democracy, religious freedom and religious values of all religions. But Jamaat does politics to establish Islam and it doesn't match with us," Fakhrul said
Author: United News of Bangladesh
Final draft on renewable energy policy submited
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New gas exploration begins amid severe shortage
Amid criticism that the government has not done enough to explore new gas sources in recent years Petrobangla has started exploration work at Beanibazar and its neighbouring Baralekha and Kanaighat upazilas under Sylhet Gas Field Ltd, officials say. Mizanur Rahman, Managing Director of Sylhet Gas Field, said on Thursday that
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