As the fifth round of negotiations of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for a global plastics treaty concluded in Busan, South Korea (25 November-December 1 2024), the meeting underscored both the complexities and the promises of multilateralism. What we saw in Busan was indicative of other environmental treatymaking spaces, including
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Energypac takes part in BIMOX 2024
Energypac Power Generation Ltd. has been taking part in the Bangladesh International Marine and Offshore Expo 2024 (BIMOX), Bangladesh’s largest maritime and offshore exhibition, to showcase its products for the visitors. The exhibition kicked off Thursday at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB). Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat
Dr Yunus praises Russian cooperation in power, energy sectors
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday praised Russia's cooperation in the power and energy sectors and acknowledged Russia's role as a supplier of wheat and fertiliser to Bangladesh. These issues were discussed when Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander V Mantytskiy paid a farewell call on the Chief Adviser at his
None can go to power through anarchy: Abdur Rahman
DCCI seeks more Russian investments in power, energy
More Russian investments, especially in the power and energy sector, could play a pivotal role in ensuring steady economic progress and industrialization in Bangladesh, said Ashraf Ahmed, president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI), on Tuesday. He made the remarks during a meeting with a Russian trade delegation
Power sector in deep crisis: Rizvi
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said the country's power sector had plunged into a deep crisis. Talking to reporters at BNP's Nayapalton office Rizvi said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader's recent remarks on the power situation contradict what Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
70pc power generation capacity to remain idle this winter
More than two-thirds of the total power generation capacity will remain idle this coming winter, as more power is added to the national grid from the private sector pushing up the capacity payment obligation of the government. It comes at a time when already the government's outstanding bills to the private
People don’t want to see AL in power: Fakhrul
Describing their march demanding the resignation of the government as a 'victory march' for realising people's rights, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday called upon Awami League to quit as people don't want to see them in power anymore. He alleged that the Election Commission staged a farce
bKash honors indomitable power of people
The country’s largest mobile financial services (MFS) provider bKash Limited has unveiled a music video titled ‘Amar Bikash Thekay Ke’ portraying the story of people’s relentless struggle towards success. The main character of the music video is Sura Krishna Chakma, Bangladesh’s first ever professional boxer. Hailing from Rangamati, how Sura
