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Heavy rain pushes power generation at Kaptai plant to record high

Dhaka, July 12 -- Due to heavy rain during the current monsoon season, the power generation at the Kaptai plant has increased to its highest level this year compared to the generation in the past few ... Read More


Tariff renegotiation triggers worries about local, foreign investments

Dhaka, July 12 -- Power-sector investors, particularly in the renewable-energy sector, get in dilemmas over government move to renegotiate tariffs as they say contract-time and current costs make a mi... Read More


Three science ministry projects to be axed to stop further fund drain

Dhaka, July 12 -- The Ministry of Science and Technology has sent a proposal to the Planning Commission to cancel the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Space Observatory project after spending Tk 62.2... Read More


Tk 250m realised in fines for breaching environmental rules

Dhaka, July 12 -- The government has realised Tk 250 million in fines from raids conducted across the country against brick kilns, factories and business entities that violated environmental regulatio... Read More


Killing of businessman near Mitford Hospital: Four held

Dhaka, July 12 -- Four accused have been arrested along with a firearm in connection with the brutal killing of a businessman outside Sir Salimullah Medical College, Mitford Hospital, over a dispute r... Read More


Five of a family sustain severe burn injuries in city fire

Dhaka, July 12 -- Five members of the same family, including a child, sustained severe burn injuries in a house fire at Kagjitola in the capital's Sutrapur area on Friday. The victims were identified ... Read More


Saima Wazed put on indefinite leave by WHO following ACC cases in Bangladesh

Dhaka, July 12 -- Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization's (WHO) controversial regional director for the South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been placed on indefinite leave from Friday (J... Read More


Huge farmlands of 21 districts go under water

Dhaka, July 12 -- Nearly 0.1 million hectares of farmland have gone under water in the ongoing flood that has affected low-lying areas in 21 districts of Bangladesh. The flood, caused by heavy rainfa... Read More


Economist Prof Abul Barkat lands in jail

Dhaka, July 12 -- A Dhaka court on Friday sent Prof Abul Barkat, an economist and former chairman of Janata Bank PLC, to jail in connection with a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (A... Read More


Foreign consultants being hired, port smarts from viability problems

Dhaka, July 12 -- A move gets underway to hire local and foreign consultants for Tk 274.20 million for operating systems automation of Pyra seaport, while the port struggles for viability, sources sai... Read More