The government has pledged nearly £22bn for projects to capture and store carbon emissions from energy, industry and hydrogen production. It said the funding for two “carbon capture clusters” on Merseyside and Teesside, promised over the next 25 years, would create thousands of jobs, attract private investment and help the UK meet climate goals. Sir Keir Starmer, who is to ...

A local Awami League leader of Habiganj was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday night in a case filed over the murder of Mostak during the recent anti-discrimination student movement. . The arrested man is Sankha Subhra Roy, is the labor affairs secretary of District Awami League and general secretary of Habiganj Zilla Motor Malik Group Sankha. Alamgir ...

Two young men died after being electrocuted at Lakhai upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday night. The deceased were Faraj Ali, 30, son of Abdur Rauf Mia, and Jamshed Mia, 35, son of Hazi Rahmat Ali, residents of Goakara village under Bulla union of the upazila. According to police, two men died on the spot while an electric cable of the Rural ...

IFIC Bank has inaugurated its new sub-branch at Zindabazar in Sylhet city. The new sub-branch was inaugurated by the President of the Sylhet Press Club, Ikramul Kabir, who was the chief guest at the ceremony held at Sadar’s Sohir Plaza on Tuesday. With this inauguration, the total number of business outlets of the bank now stands at 1,405. The event ...

Sunamganj Correspondent : A couple and their four children were killed after a fire broke out in a house of Ashrayan project in Sunamganj’s Dharmapasha upazila early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Emarul, 50, wife Poly Akter, and their four children Polash, Farhad, Fatema Begum and Omar Farruq. Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Gius Uddin confirmed the news on ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized huge Indian sugar and tea leaves worth about over Tk 75 lakh in Radhanagar area at Jaflong in Sylhet on Monday. “A team of BGB-48 Battalion conducted a drive in Sylhet Goainghat border area and seized 43,550-kg Indian sugar worth about Taka 74.61 lakh and 1,548 kg Indian tea leaves,” Sylhet BGB ...

The UK is about to stop producing any electricity from burning coal – ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel. The country’s last coal power station, at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, finishes operations on Monday after running since 1967. This marks a major milestone in the country’s ambitions to reduce its contribution to climate change. Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel producing ...

A three-day long agricultural technology fair was inaugurated at Shantiganj in Sunamganj on Monday. Sunamganj Deputy Commissioner Dr. Mohammad Elias Mia inaugurated the fair as the chief guest on the upazila parishad premises in the afternoon organized by the Upazila Agricultural Extension Department. At that time, District Agriculture Extension Directorate Deputy Director Bimal Chandra Som, Shantiganj UNO Sukanto Saha, Upazila ...

Rapid Action Bangladesh (RAB) detained former lawmaker for Sirajganj-2 Jannat Ara Henry, and her husband Labu Talukdar, former chairman of Sirajganj Zilla Parishad, from Moulvibazar on Monday (September 30). RAB-9 members detained them from a house in the Sonapur area in Moulvibazar, where the couple had been hiding since the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5.

A fire that broke out at a gas cylinder warehouse in Sunamganj Sadar upazila has been doused on Sunday night. Sunamganj Sadar Fire Service and Civil Defence station’s warhouse inspector Subal Debnath confirmed the developement. “We were informed about the incident around 5.22 PM. Being informed, four firefighting units from Sunamganj Sadar and Bishwambharpur Fire Service and Civil Defence stations ...