State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid yesterday said a proposal has been sent to Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) seeking adjustment to the electricity tariff, indicating a hike by Tk 0.30 per unit, reports UNB. “It’s a regular phenomenon to submit proposal to the…

Leaders of different Buddhist organisations and Supreme Sangha Council (monastic order) yesterday deplored the persecution on Rohingya in Rakhine state of Myanmar, reports BSS from Chittagong. In a joint statement, they also urged the Nobel peace winner Aung San Suu Kyi to use her conscience for immediate…

At least six persons were electrocuted at a filling station by the side of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in the Morzal area of Belabo upazila in the district yesterday. They were identified as Barkat Mia, 20, of Ashuganj village in Ashuganj upazila of Brahmanbaria district, Hakim Mia, 50, of Kamalpur in…

Voicing concern over the media reports on the government’s plan to hike the power tariff, BNP yesterday called upon it to refrain from such anti-people move, reports UNB. “There’re media reports that Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission is going to increase the power tariff within…

Grameenphone (GP), a major mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, has sent a rejoinder to the story headlined “GP costliest among all operators”…