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Bangladesh needs 35 GW renewable energy to meet 2040 clean power target: CPD

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Bangladesh requires over 35 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generation capacity to achieve its target of 30 percent clean energy by 2040. A new study by the Centre for Policy Dial... Read More


Relations with Pakistan, other SAARC nations among top priorities: Prof Yunus tells Ishaq Dar

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday highlighted the importance of revitalising all potential avenues of regional and bilateral cooperation, urging progress in bilateral trade... Read More


Pakistan's Ishaq Dar meets Prof Yunus to boost ties

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and discussed issues aimed at reviving bi... Read More


Bangladesh urges Pakistan to resolve 1971 genocide, historical Issues

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Bangladesh on Sunday urged the early resolution of longstanding historical issues, including a formal official apology for the 1971 genocide committed by Pakistan, division of assets... Read More


Premium Sweets owner, 2 others face arrest warrants for selling substandard food

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- A Dhaka court dealing with food frauds issued on Sunday four arrest warrants against three food and restaurant businesses for producing and serving substandard and poisonous foods. ... Read More


Cox's Bazar cannot take more: Repatriation roadmap called for on 8th anniversary of Rohingya exodus

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Local and national organizations, along with humanitarian actors, have reiterated that repatriation remains the only sustainable solution to the protracted Rohingya crisis, urging a ... Read More


July Charter: Consensus Commission sits with Law Adviser, AG

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- The National Consensus Commission held a meeting with Law Adviser Asif Nazrul, Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman and experts on Sunday to discuss the implementation process of the July... Read More


Visiting deputy PM of Pakistan visits recovering Jamaat Ameer at his residence

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday met with ailing Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman at the latter's residence. The meeting took ... Read More


Pakistan's deputy PM visits ailing Jamaat Ameer

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday met with ailing Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman at the latter's residence. The meeting took ... Read More


Postpone Bangladesh's LDC graduation by 5-6 years: Business leaders

, Aug. 24 -- Bangladesh's leading entrepreneurs and trade bodies on Sunday called on the government to seek five to six years more before officially being graduated from the Least Developed Country (L... Read More