UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has withdrawn its earlier objection to the construction of the Rampal power plant at its current location. It has also spared the Sundarbans from being relegated to the List of World Heritages in Danger, according to a press release issued by the foreign affairs ministry yesterday. The decision was taken at the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee, being held in Krakow, Poland. A high-level inter-ministerial delegation, led by Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, adviser to the Prime Minister on power, energy and mineral resources, is participating in the meeting to defend Bangladesh's position, said the release. The 21-member World Heritage Committee decides whether a cultural or natural site should…

Human Rights Watch (HRW), the US-based international human rights organization, yesterday criticised…