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Red tape trips govt plan

Red tape trips govt plan
The Sheikh Hasina government would miss out on its plan to take credit for surplus power generation before the next general election scheduled for early 2019. And the blame would lay with the Power Division, which has taken over five months to finalise the selection of the lowest bidders for 10 power plants with a total capacity of 1000MW. Following the opening of the tenders six months ago, seven companies have finally received letters of intent (LOI) to start the projects. “We have issued seven LOI to the lowest bidders so that they can move forward with the work," Mina Masud-Uzzaman , secretary of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), told The Independent. But the issue of LOI is not enough. “The actual countdown…

Journos to face no obstacle 
while travelling abroad: FM

Journos to face no obstacle while travelling abroad: FM

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday said journalists will face no obstacle during their travel abroad and performing professional duties there, reports UNB. He, however, said it is necessary to monitor whether anybody is doing anything while travelling abroad that goes against the country's…
No reason to be panicked on chikungunya disease: Experts

No reason to be panicked on chikungunya disease: Experts

People should not get panicked over Chikungunya as there are no alarming clinical features of the disease, health experts told a workshop in the capital yesterday, reports BSS. No emergency medical treatment requires for Chikungunya diseases as it is easily curable, they told the workshop on “Chikungunya…
Establishing cyber security agency

Establishing cyber security agency

Sooner the government does this, the better. Though the government is yet to go a long way in the world of ICT, the fact of the matter is many of the public and private offices now completely depend on internet. Official work and important data keeping are now soft-ware based. But the use of cyber networks…
Hasnat Abdul Hye: A writer with 
a commitment

Hasnat Abdul Hye: A writer with a commitment

Holding of high government position or bureaucratic assignment is no impediment to creative writing. It has been amply proved in different times. What really matters is the inner urge for creativity. As a woman in labour pain gets relieved after the delivery of a baby, so does a writer feel relieved…
BTRC to buy radiation measurement tools

BTRC to buy radiation measurement tools

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has initiated steps to buy radiation measurement tools, including vehicles, to measure the risks to public health caused by radiation emitted by mobile phone towers. BTRC chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood told The Independent that the telecom…
May eyes ‘Brexit and beyond’ in Conservative manifesto

May eyes ‘Brexit and beyond’ in Conservative manifesto

HALIFAX: British Prime Minister Theresa May urged voters to "strengthen my hand" in Brexit talks and vowed to cut immigration as she unveiled the Conservative manifesto Thursday ahead of a general election, reports AFP. May reiterated that Britain would be leaving the European single market…
Two-day ‘Rabindra-Nazrul Utsab’ begins today

Two-day ‘Rabindra-Nazrul Utsab’ begins today

A two-day festival titled ‘Rabindra-Nazrul Utsab’ to mark the birth anniversaries of two main figures of Bengali literature, Nobel Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore on 25th Baishakh (May 7) and National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on 11th Jaystha (May 25), is set to begin today. Gitanjali Academy…
Kalabagan end Gazi’s winning streak

Kalabagan end Gazi’s winning streak

In a day of upset of the Walton Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, Gazi Group Cricketers were stripped off from the unbeaten tag as Kalabagan Krira Chakra thrashed them by 127 runs at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium yesterday.  Gazi’s first defeat in the 10th match of the league though…
19 girls return after serving in Indian jail

19 girls return after serving in Indian jail

Nineteen teenage Bangladeshi girls returned home from India through the Benapole check-post on Wednesday night, after languishing in jail there for two years. The returnees are-Kakoli Khatun, Sima Begum, Shampa Khatun, Swapna Akter, Doly Akter, Bina Khatun, Mira Begum, Rupali Khatun, Hosne Ara, Shahinur…
BNP firm on poll-time govt demand

BNP firm on poll-time govt demand

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to disclose her party’s proposal for an election-time government after Eid-ul-Fitr. “We have already worked out the proposal on the poll-time administration. But it is being disclosed following the party’s Vision 2030 for a strategic reason,”…
When wolves return to the wild, everything changes

When wolves return to the wild, everything changes

In late March 1995, the USA's Yellowstone National Park received a special delivery. Fourteen grey wolves, flown in two months earlier from the Canadian Rockies, were released into the park. Neighbouring Idaho received fifteen wolves. Wolves howling in the snow, not heard in these forests since…
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