Some units start power generation after 2nd nat’l grid collapse
After the second-time collapse of the national grid at 4:30pm on Saturday, some units at different power stations resumed generation, producing about 1,000 MW of...
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Power outage hits the entire country
The entire country, including the capital Dhaka, is facing a massive power outage from 11:30am on Saturday. The power supply was disrupted with the national...
6 held with Tk50 lakh fake currency notes in city
Detective Branch (DB) of police in separate drives arrested six alleged members of a fake currency racket along with counterfeit notes worth Tk50 lakh from...
6,000 students to get loan to buy laptops
BSS, Dhaka :As many as 6,000 first-year students of Dhaka University are likely to get loan to buy laptop at low interest rate as the...
Green activists push for relocation of tannery
UNB, Dhaka :Green activists here on Friday demanded relocation of Hazaribagh tanneries to Savar by December 14 next to save the Buriganga River, the lifeline...
Bangladesh tops the climate risk list
A UK based research organization Maplecroft has designated Bangladesh as the Number One climate vulnerable country followed by two other African countries. Quoting Maplecroft, a...
Waqf properties fraudulently sold by vested interests
MOST of the waqf land property which had been endowed for supporting the poor and underprivileged sections now exists only on paper as the lion’s...
Now it’s India’s turn to flush out BD militants: Hasina
bdnews24.com :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expects same tough stance from India as Bangladesh’s to combat terrorism.In an interview with Kolkata-based Anandabazar Patrika on Friday, she...
Be a go-getter, not a job getter
Christopher Shea :Nobel Peace Prize winner and microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus is a champion of big ideas and small loans.Muhammad Yunus, the founding father of...
Readers' Forum / Topping in the negative list!
Recently, I was reading a survey report carried out by a website ‘Sleeping at Airports’ which classified 10 worst airports of the world having dirty...