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
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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
Power, gas supply may improve within 2 days: Nasrul
Bangladesh can generate 1,700 -3,400 MW power from renewable sources: IEEFA
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has found that Bangladesh can immediately generate 1,700 MW-3,400 MW of electricity from renewable energy sources with a reduced cost between Tk 5.25 and Tk 7.6 against the existing cost Tk 8.84 per unit from the conventional fossil fuels. Energy Economics and
BNP gets desperate to go to power: Quader
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Saturday said BNP has become desperate to go to power unconstitutionally through killing-coup and conspiracies after being rejected time and again by the people in elections. "BNP is conspiring to go to power by unconstitutional means. Its leaders
PM for raising purchasing power, domestic market expansion: Month long DITF-2023 inaugurated
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday laid emphasis on expansion of domestic market and increasing purchasing power of people to make the local industry more effective. "Alongside the export, we have to put concentration on expansion of domestic market and increasing the purchasing power of people. It will make our industry
