Bangladesh

The second and last unit of the Payra 1,320 MW Thermal Power Plant was also shut down from 12:30pm on Monday (June 5) due to persisting coal shortage. This is the first time that the power plant has been completely shut down since its opening.  

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq today said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will decide when the election-time government will be formed. “According to the Constitution, our state is governed in the Westminister model of parliamentary system. Therefore, the prime minister will decide when to form a small government or an election-time government,” the law minister said while responding ...

Considering the health safety of children due to the heat wave sweeping the country for the last few days, the government has decided to suspend classes at primary schools from June 5 to 8. The Primary and Mass Education Ministry issued a notice in this regard on Sunday. A severe heat wave is sweeping Rajshahi, Naogaon, Nilphamari and Dinajpur districts ...

Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori met BNP’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today and discussed Bangladesh’s next general election and the overall political situation. Talking to reporters after the meeting at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, the party’s standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said that Japan, like other democratic countries, wants to see a free, fair, ...

President Mohammed Shahabuddin along with his spouse Dr. Rebecca Sultana today attended the oath-taking ceremony of Turkey’s newly elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Grand National Assembly of the Presidential Complex in Turkey’s capital Ankara tonight. President’s press secretary Md. Joynal Abedin, who is traveling with the president, told BSS that Bangladesh President along with other 77 world leaders ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday flagged off a new intercity train named ‘Chilahati Express’ on Dhaka-Chilahati-Dhaka route in a bid to strengthen the connectivity between the northern region with the capital and expand the business in the area. The premier commissioned the Chilahati Express through a virtual platform, joining an event at Chilahati Railway Station from her official residence ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it doesn’t matter at all if someone does not go to the USA crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a 20-hour plane journey. “There are other oceans and other continents in the world, we will make friends with those continents crossing the other oceans. Our economy will be stronger and more developed and vibrant,” ...

Making criticism of the government over budget doesn’t suit Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader has said. “Today BNP is making bigger talks. During their government’s tenure, BNP looted the country’s money,” he said. “What was the size of national budget during BNP tenure and what is it now? Bangladesh made huge progress in GDP ...

Some 1,700 megawatt of load-shedding is going on in the country, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Saturday. “Because of this loadshedding of power, sufferings of people have mounted. We regret for it. The Payra Thermal Power Plant will be shut down on Monday (June 5) due to persisting coal shortage,” he said. The ...

Addressing the ruling Awami League government, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the government’s bell of departure has started ringing. Their time is over. Still there is time to hand over power to a caretaker government. He was speaking at a demonstration in front of the party’s central office at Nayapaltan in the capital on Saturday afternoon. ...