- Sand traders offer free dredging
The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority is going to launch a Tk 6.6 crore project to dredge parts of the Buriganga river although some traders are offering to do it free of cost and would rather pay for the extracted sand. The BIWTA officials have completely ignored the sand traders’ offer, selected a private contractor for [...] (local) - Pollution warnings fall on deaf ears
Despite making repeated pledges, many of the industries, especially those of fabrics, dyeing and tannery, continue polluting rivers, canals and other wetlands in the city just to boost their profit, say Department of Environment officials. There are still 311 “red category” [severe polluter] industries in and around the capital that need to build effluent treatment plant [...] (local) - Rubber dam project gets climate fund
The government will be constructing a rubber dam at Urir Char near Noakhali to reclaim around 600square kilometres of land from the Bay. The board of trustees of Climate Change Trust Fund approved the two-year-long project of Tk 37.40 crore at a meeting at the Environment and Forests Ministry yesterday. ?We are expecting the cross dam to [...] (local) - ADB okays $100m loan for South Asia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US $100 million loan for a cross-border electricity initiative between India and Bangladesh. ADB Board of Directors yesterday approved the loan that would be used to help Bangladesh build a 40-kilometer 400-kilovolt transmission line, along with a high voltage direct current substation and connecting loop, linking the western [...] (local) - 2 power plants deal signed with Delhi
Two national companies of Bangladesh and India yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up two coal-fired power plants of 1,320 megawatts each in Chittagong and Khulna under a joint venture. The MoU also seeks the two companies’ cooperation with each other in development of renewable energy. This cooperation deal would allow Bangladesh Power Development [...] (local) - China keen on road, rail links
China is keen to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Bangladesh on road and rail communications between the two countries. Visiting Governor of Yunnan province Qin Guangrong expressed his government’s desire when he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the PM’s Office yesterday morning. PM’s Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed newsmen after the meeting. The governor [...] (local) - Railway left in the lurch
The struggling Bangladesh Railway is yet to get the much-needed $600 million loan as for three and a half years bureaucracy had been stalling the rail reforms that the multilateral donors insisted on, officials concerned said. The donors had initially released $130 million but they are now saying it would not be able to release the [...] (local) - Let Sangsad rule
The parliament has largely lost its power and pre-eminence due to some changes brought to the constitution by the 4th, 5th, 12th and 13th amendments. Although the original constitution of 1972 ensured the parliament’s supremacy over the executive and judicial branches of the state, the amendments brought by both military rulers and elected governments, not only [...] (local) - Govt loses much of its shine
One and a half years into power, the government looks to lose much of its shine with fewer people seeing the country moving in the right direction. Also, fewer people are satisfied with the government. The number of dissatisfied people has also increased sharply who take a dimmer view of the economy. These indications became clear when [...] (local) - Waterbus launched amid scepticism
The much-talked waterbus service was launched yesterday on the Gabtoli-Sadarghat route aiming to ease the city’s nagging traffic situation. However, environmentalists and experts fear that movement of waterbuses on the way would be hampered by bridge and small boats. Poribesh Bachao Andolon Chairman Abu Naser Khan said that during the rainy season, waterbuses would find it difficult [...] (local)
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