Secretary News

A Bangladesh delegation left Dhaka for London on Sunday to take part in a road show on December 15-16, aiming to attract around $4-5 billion in investment in the country, especially for the energy and power sector.

Bangladesh and India may sign two deals on the purchase of electricity from India and developing Bangladesh's railway and roads with Indian funding when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visits New Delhi this month.

UNB, Rangamati The much-orchestrated trial of the February 25-26 countrywide BDR mutiny began yesterday as nine of the mutineers stood in the dock of special court to testify amid tight security.

BSS, Dhaka The Bangladesh Water Development Board has been repairing embankments at the Aila affected areas and it should be completed within dry season between January and February next year.

Federal government departments and agencies in Sarawak should strive for high performance by being innovative and creative in carrying out their daily tasks, said Sarawak Federal Secretary Md Yahaya Basimin.

Shamim Jahangir Power Development Board has sought assurance of gas supply from state-owned Petrobangla to establish three gas-fired mega power plants having capacity to produce 1,125MW of electricity by 2013.

Home Minister P. Sabitha Indra Reddy has inaugurated International Institute of Fashion Technology in Hyderabad.

Shamim Jahangir The country will require 14.75 lakh tons of diesel and 1100MW of electricity for irrigation for this fiscal year to grow more than two crore tons of Boro paddy, wheat and maize in the coming season.

Shamim Jahangir The government will agree to sign final deals with Russia for installation of 600MW to 1,000MW electricity generating nuclear power plant within four to five years at Rooppur as a part of peaceful nuclear deal.

Staff Reporter The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources will arrange a series of road shows outside the country from December 5 to mobilise fund in power and energy sector projects.

Ehsanul Haque Jasim Different organisations of the country are taking preparations to launch a massive movement on Tipaimukh Dam issue to voice their demand for stopping its construction to save vast areas of the country from desertification.

Shamim Jahangir The Power Division will float tender to generate 114MW of electricity from solar energy and wind energy within a month.

Shamim Jahangir Local Compact Florescent Lights manufactures yesterday expressed dissatisfaction over government's tender process to procure 1.05 crore of CFL at an estimated cost of $15 million saying the move of the Power Division would throw about 10,000 employees out of employment.

Over 150 people including seven policemen and 12 Awami League leaders and activists were injured in clashes and police action centring the lottery draw organised by AL leaders at Kutubdia Ideal High School ground on Wednesday night.

Governor O'Malley said he had never gotten a flu shot before - until Monday that is.

Seventeen of the 18 newly elected MLAs, in the recently concluded Bihar by-poll, took oath today.

VIP road better, wholesale planning urgently needed: Traffic situation worsens despite military police deployment Mamunur Rashid The deployment of military police yesterday has eased the movement of vehicles to some extent on the VIP roads only in the capital but the unbearable traffic jam has spilled over to other roads, lanes and by-lanes all ...

HYDERABAD: The second phase of counselling for engineering courses will begin on Wednesday with 12,340 seats on the offer, including 4,630 seats left out in first phase and 3,960 seats in the 16 new colleges apart from seat variations in 57 existing colleges.

HYDERABAD: Nearly 20,000 students who missed out on seat allotment in engineering and pharmacy courses gave fewer options and absence of seats in those colleges for their ranks led to denial of seats.

Staff Reporter Power Division has completed the necessary formalities to install 530MW rental Power Plants by 2010, sources said.