N-POWER PROJECT : Dhaka, Moscow initial final contract
Dhaka and Moscow on Tuesday initialled general contract for the construction, commission and operation of the proposed Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna at a cost of $11 billion.
17 killed in road accidents in Sirajganj, Rajshahi
At least 17 people were killed and 60 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Rajshahi on Tuesday.
WB pleased to see own-funded Padma Bridge construction
World Bank senior vice-president and chief economist Kaushik Basu on Tuesday said it was pleasing to the WB that Bangladesh had started the construction of Padma Multipurpose Bridge
Nation commemorates martyred intellectuals
The nation on Monday commemorated the intellectuals brutally killed by Pakistan’s marauding army and its notorious auxiliary force Al Badr, just on the eve of independence.
N POWER PROJECT : Dhaka, Moscow to initial general contract today
Dhaka and Moscow are scheduled for today to initial the general contract for construction, commission and operation of the proposed Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna.
MUNICIPAL MAYORAL RACE : BNP on the lookout for 13 candidates
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party might choose mayoral candidates for 13 municipalities where nomination papers of it candidates were cancelled while the ruling Awami League had mayoral candidates for all the 234 municipalities.
All blocked apps, sites unblocked : Tarana
The state minister for post and telecommunications, Tarana Halim, on Monday said she had instructed unblock all blocked communication apps and social networking sites.
B’desh pvt sector needs to be strengthened
World Bank senior vice-president and chief economist Kaushik Basu on Monday said the Bangladesh’s private sector should be strengthened more to promote lifestyle of the people.
Now access to Skype, Tweeter, Emo blocked
The Bangladesh Telephone Regularity Commission on Sunday instructed the IIG and mobile phone operators to block access to social media services Skype, Tweeter and Emo in Bangladesh.
WB chief economist for easing B’desh business process, increasing investment
World Bank senior vice president and chief economist Kaushik Basu on Sunday said Bangladesh has to ensure easy business process and speed up the investment-GDP ratio to increase economic growth to eight per cent from the existing of 6.50 per cent or 6.70 per cent.
