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Shahjalal fertiliser awaits ‘faulty start’

Shahjalal fertiliser awaits ‘faulty start’
The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) is likely to begin production at the Shahjalal Fertiliser Factory at Fenchuganj in Sylhet despite several glaring technical errors. According to a study of the Shahjalal Fertiliser Project (SFP) available with The Independent, there is no technical personnel competent enough to solve any instrumental or mechanical problem at the factory. An insider said that despite being well aware of the faults, the BCIC will start production at a high risk. According to the study, the natural gas (NG) supply pressure is 850 PSIG, while the required pressure is 700 PSIG. This will result in the loss of energy and extra cost in the installation of NG metering. It said there is no bypass line to supply NG…

PM to inaugurate BGB’s Shimanto Bank today

PM to inaugurate BGB’s Shimanto Bank today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to inaugurate Shimanto Bank at the headquarters of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in the capital today (Thursday). It will be a special bank for the border force. The director general of the BGB, Maj. Gen. Aziz Ahmed, said the bank will operate as a commercial…
Shahid Qadri laid to rest

Shahid Qadri laid to rest

Prominent Bengali poet Shahid Qadri, who passed away at a US hospital on Sunday, was laid to eternal rest in the capital yesterday, reports UNB. He was buried at Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard in Mirpur around 3 pm following a namaz-e-janazat at Dhaka University Central Mosque after Zohr prayers.…
Kerry’s crucial visit

Kerry’s crucial visit

Tuesday’s seven-hour long visit of US Secretary of State of John Kerry to Bangladesh on his way to New Delhi was very significant on a number of counts. First of all, in this time of escalating extremism and violence that has spread globally, Bangladesh recently became victim of a large-scale…
Changing the face of agro-finance 
in Bangladesh

Changing the face of agro-finance in Bangladesh

Importance of agriculture finance cannot be overemphasised in Bangladesh Though it contributes only 17pc to the countries’ GDP, 85pc of our labour force is directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture. Of all inputs that fuel growth of this sector, agriculture finance (credit and insurance)…
No concession on questions of rooting out militancy: Nasim

No concession on questions of rooting out militancy: Nasim

Awami League Presidium Member and Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim yesterday said that there would not be any concession on the questions of the country’s development and militancy, reports BSS. “No benefit could be derived by going for long march. We shall certainly implement…
HC approves Robi-Airtel merger

HC approves Robi-Airtel merger

The High Court yesterday approved much talked-about merger proposal of Robi and Airtel, paving the way for the formation of country's second largest mobile operator. After the merger Robi will be the second largest operator after Grameenphone in terms of subscribers. A single bench of the High Court…
Turkey denies truce with Kurdish-backed militia

Turkey denies truce with Kurdish-backed militia

AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkey on Wednesday denied agreeing to a US-brokered truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria, saying it would not compromise with a “terrorist” group a week into an unprecedented cross-border offensive. Washington said Tuesday the two sides—both US allies—had…
Altaf Mahmud remembered on 45th death anniversary

Altaf Mahmud remembered on 45th death anniversary

Noted martyred intellectual and music composer Altaf Mahmud, who earned huge popularity for his iconic song ‘Amar Bhaiyer Rakte Rangano Ekushey February’, was remembered on his 45th death anniversary on August 30. To remember and pay respect to the legend in an appropriate manner, Shaheed…
Bangladesh down Kyrgyzstan 10-0

Bangladesh down Kyrgyzstan 10-0

Bangladesh women football team scripted a record 10-0 win over Kyrgyzstan to keep their winning spree in the AFC Unde-16 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital yesterday.   After winning the match, Bangladesh and Chinese Taipei are jointly on top of the point table with nine points…
Jhalakati hog plum growers 
count colossal loss

Jhalakati hog plum growers count colossal loss

Jhalakati: Unremitting tidal surges have left the cultivators of hog plum, locally known as amra, in Jhalakati in utter frustration over massive damage to their crop, reports UNB. Farmers in the district, a prominent name for producing the fruit, are apprehending heavy losses of their produce due to…
No armed pvt security guards: Govt

No armed pvt security guards: Govt

The government has decided to turn down the requests of foreign diplomatic missions, including the United States embassy, to allow private security personnel to carry arms to provide additional security, government officials told The Independent yesterday. Instead, they said that the government has…
The fateful August of Donald J. Trump

The fateful August of Donald J. Trump

In the month since the conventions, the jittery surface of the 24-hour news cycle has been roiled by crosscurrents, its avatars trumpeting each new event as more dramatic than the last. But beneath there is a sickly stillness of a candidacy mired in the swampland of Donald Trump’s own mind, creating…
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