Power plant resumed at Barapukuria

Barapukuria is the main coal-fired power plantation area of Bangladesh. Power generation at Barapukuria coal-fired power plant resumed Friday afternoon after a 4-day suspension following technical glitches. Both units, which had a combined power generation capacity of 250 megawatt when the plant went into operation in 2004, were now adding 115MW to national grid after […]

Road Blocks in Dhaka-Aricha highway

Angry locals vandalized several vehicles and torched a bus blocking the Dhaka-Aricha Highway for about two hours following the death of a person in a road accident in Savar on Wednesday morning. The accident occurred around 8:45am when the unidentified man was crossing the highway in Aminbazar area, Prothom Alo reports. The angry people put […]

Millennium Development Goal (MDG) and Bangladesh | Recognition from UN

“The United Nations will acknowledge Bangladesh’s performance in attaining MDG goals during the UN General Assembly,” Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith yesterday told a review meeting on the government’s ‘Ekti Bari, Ekti Khamar’ project, also joined by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office. The United Nations is to acknowledge Bangladesh for its achievements […]