Photo : A mining machine is working in the Inden opencast lignite mine in Schophoven, Germany. German officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation’s coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s, the government said Thursday. A year ago, a government-appointed panel recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the ...

Photo: President Donald Trump shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, after signing a trade agreement in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Washington. China and the United States formally signed their phase-one economic and trade agreement here on Wednesday, with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. President Donald Trump inking the ...

  Khadeeja Bashir (21) from Bradford, who volunteers with Barnardo’s Bradford SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Service), has won the nationwide Marsh Trust Young Volunteer of the Year Award. She was given the award by Barnardo’s Chief Executive Javed Khan at a special celebratory event at the HQ of Sainsbury’s in London for demonstrating an ...

  The Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) has awarded the Bangladesh Marine Academy Centre Recognition as its bid to raise global maritime training standards takes hold. The Centre and Course Recognition accolades were developed last year by the MNTB to provide an independent assessment of maritime training around the world. Kathryn Neilson, Director of the MNTB, spoke of her pride ...

Robi Axiata Limited, country’s 2nd largest mobile phone operator, has paid Tk 27.60 crore to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) as the first installment of Tk 138 crore of the dues as directed by the High Court. The mobile phone company deposited the money on Tuesday, BTRC Senior Assistant Director Zakir Hossain Khan told UNB. Robi has Tk 867.23 crore ...

Photos : Some of the pre-solar grains in the Murchison meteorite (inset) could have come from evolved stars similar to the Egg Nebula. Scientists analysing a meteorite have discovered the oldest material known to exist on Earth, reports BBC. They found dust grains within the space rock – which fell to Earth in the 1960s – that are as much ...

Photo : This Aug. 23, 2019, file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Global stock markets are subdued as investors look ahead to the signing of an interim U.S.-China trade deal. Asian shares followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday amid optimism that a trade deal between the U.S. and China will be a boon for the ...

Mayor Biggs presented his draft budget at a Cabinet meeting last week (Wednesday 8th January) setting out his proposals for how Tower Hamlets Council should spend its annual budget. The budget follows a decade of austerity which has slashed council budgets and meant that Tower Hamlets Council has had to make £190 million in savings since 2010. At the recent ...

Payra coal-fired power plant. Photo: Collected Electricity production at the coal-fired Payra thermal power plant started in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila on Monday. The ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources informed that the power generated from the plant is added (synchronising) to the national grid around 12:00 pm this noon. Initially, the power plant is generating 10 MW power and ...

Thirty-four exhibitors from Bangladesh are going to take part in the world’s largest consumer goods fair – the Ambiente Fair 2020 – in Germany. Of the participants, Paragon Ceramic, Shinepukur, Peoples Ceramic, Monno Ceramic, FARR Ceramics, San Trade, and RFL Plastics will have their private stands. Prokritee, Saidpur Enterprises, Artisan house, Asix BD, and Aranya Crafts will participate under the ...