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Govt pegs asset value at $1b

State-run oil, gas and mineral resources corporation Petrobangla has primarily assessed the natural gas assets of Chevron in Bangladesh at around USD 1 billion. Chevron is hoping to sell these assets to international oil companies for an amount of USD 2 billion. Petrobangla sources said talks between the government and Chevron to buy the three gas fields at Bibiyana, Jalalabad and Moulvibazar have been going on, but the results are uncertain. On Tuesday, Chevron Bangladesh president Kevin Lyon met Petrobangla chairman Istiaq Ahmed to discuss some issues. “We discussed the issue of asset sale, but did not get any positive response yet. They told us that Chevron’s head office has not yet delivered any message for Petrobangla,”…

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European Parliament calls for ‘strong’ EC

The visiting delegation of European Parliament (EP) yesterday termed the current political situation…

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News

Over 90pc against Rampal plant

In a mock referendum organised by the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front, 90.48 per cent of the participants opposed the construction of a thermal power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat, in a bid to save the Sundarbans. After weeks of casting votes that began on October 30, 9,148 voters out of 10,111 opposed the…

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Metro

5 get life term in schoolgirl gang rape case

A Gazipur court yesterday sentenced five people, including a woman, to life term imprisonment in a case filed over gang rape of a girl in Madhupur upazila of Tangail district in 2012. The judge of Gazipur women and children repression prevention tribunal Sayed Zahed Mansur handed down the verdict in…

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Editorial

Facing climate change together

Just when the president-elect of a superpower threatens to cast a shadow of deep uncertainty over the crucial topic of climate change and its global impacts, the Bangladesh Prime Minister boldly took a step forward by urging world leaders to unite in fighting the perilous threats of climate change.…

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Op-ed

Culture of impunity

Three men: an editor, a photographer, and a journalist are covering a political convention in Chittagong. They decide to stroll up and down the Patenga beach during their lunch hour. Halfway up the beach, they stumbled upon a lamp. As they rub the lamp a genie appears and says "Normally I would…

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Miscellaneous

Chunnu rules out possibility of amending labour law

State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday ruled out the possibility of amending the existing Labour Law as it was amended following the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 2013, reports BSS. “The government has amended the Labour Law in 2013 following…

Man killed by ‘brother’ in Nawabganj

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Business

Overseas investment policy demanded

Businesspeople at a seminar yesterday echoed the necessity for policy reform for overseas investment to prevent capital flight which will create platform for local entrepreneurs to grab investment opportunities outside the country. President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry…

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Worldwide

Trump looms large over French presidential race

AFP, PARIS: Donald Trump’s election looms large over the race for president of America’s oldest ally France, where mainstream candidates all style themselves as uniquely qualified to prevent the far-right from causing a similar upset. On Thursday evening, right-wing candidates will take…

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Dhakalive

Art show ‘Impression of Time’ begins tomorrow

A ten-day solo painting exhibition, titled ‘Impression of Time’ by artist Md Abdul Guffar Babu, will begin tomorrow at the La Galerie and Galerie Zoom of Alliance Française de Dhaka in the capital’s Dhanmondi area. President and CEO of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute Farooq…

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Sports

Shahid brilliant bowling impresses all

Chittagong Vikings opener Jahurul Islam believed the dismissal of Tamim Iqbal in the crucial juncture was key in throwing them away from the match. This 19-run defeat against Dhaka Dynamites handed Chittagong the fourth loss on the trot since their victory in the first match. “The match was lost…

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Nationwide

Sonagazi livestock office bldg in a shambles

Sonagazi upazila livestock office and Hospital in Feni was declared abandoned by the Department of Livestock Services around 15 years ago due to its deplorable condition. But administrative and other activities are still going on in the same building under serious threat of accident. According to hospital…

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India’s demonetisation hits border trade

Several hundred trucks, loaded with goods being imported by Bangladesh, remained stuck in India's Petrapole border point, as their drivers are in trouble following the Indian government's overnight demonetisation of INR 500 and INR 1,000 currency notes. This has slowed down trading through the…

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