Tag: Padma
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Chinese company asks for additional Tk 10b on river training
Padma Bridge was first approved in August 2007 at an estimated cost of Taka 101.62 billion and the project deadline was 2015. By June 2011, the project cost had increased to Tk 205.07 billion. The government revised the project cost to 297.93 billion taka in February 2015, and set a deadline of 2018. In June…
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Padma Bank signs MoU with EXIM Bank for merger, will operate as EXIM Bank
Bangladesh Bank spokesperson Mazbaul Haq said the two banks have signed an agreement for the merger. They will submit further applications. After their proposal is approved, Bangladesh Bank will review it. Then they will be approved for merger. When permission is granted to launch the new bank, Padma Bank will be dissolved. He said that…
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Farmers in trouble due to pump failure: No water in fields for biggest irrigation project
Agriculture extension department sources say at least 106,000 farmers from four upazilas of Kushtia and Chuadanga can cultivate Boro crops with water from the GK Irrigation Project. Farmers say that Boro crop requires the most irrigation. In this, irrigation is required from preparation of land till emergence of seedlings. Sometimes the land has to be…
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Boat sank with vehicles: Padma river tragedy. Manikganj correspondent update
Manikganj Deputy Commissioner Rehana Akhtar told Prothom Alo that 10 people have been rescued. Four of them swam to the shore while fire service personnel rescued the other six. Shah Mohammad Khalid Newaz, deputy managing director of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Aricha office, said ferry operations were stopped on the Paturia-Daulatdiya route at…
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Economy, next elections big challenges for Bangladesh: UN
Economy, next elections big challenges for Bangladesh: UN
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Railway construction on Padma bridge completed: official
According to the UNB report, the construction of the railway line on the 6.15 km long Padma bridge has been completed. Padma Bridge Rail Link Project Director Mohammad Afzal Hussain made this announcement on Wednesday afternoon. Afzal Hussain told reporters, “We will do a trial run of the 41 km long railway from Bhanga to…
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Death toll in Padma speedboat capsize rises to three
According to the UNB report, the bodies of two people who went missing after two speedboats collided in the Padma river on February 5 were recovered from the river about 55 hours after the incident. With the bodies, the death toll in the collision has risen to three while 3 others are still missing. The…
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Boats get stuck at Padma beach as fog halts services on Daulatdia-Paturia route
Dense fog left two boats carrying passengers stranded in the middle of the Padma river, forcing the authorities to suspend services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route. Mohammad Khalid Nawaz, a deputy general manager of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, said they suspended the services at around 9.30 pm on Saturday due to zero visibility.
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Ferry movement resumed after 5 hours on Paturia-Daulatdia route
The movement of all types of engine driven boats and launches was also suspended during this period. At around 11.30 in the morning, when the fog started dissipating, the movement of the ferry started. Nawaz said around 70 vehicles, including passenger buses, trucks, pick-ups and private cars, are waiting to cross the river on both…
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Proposal to create Padma, Meghna division in cold storage
National Proposal to create Padma, Meghna division in cold storage The government on Sunday put on hold the proposal to create two new divisions named after two major rivers of the country, Padma and Meghna. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Administrative Reforms Implementation Committee (NICAR) in the PMO chaired by…
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Bangladesh is not getting equal share of Ganges water
Bangladesh was called land of rivers. Bangladesh and India shares fifty four rivers. Since the independence in 1971 India has built many dams on the upstream ignoring international laws. Farakka is one of them. It is situated about ten kilometers away from Bangladesh border. This barrage was built to withdraw water from Padma and to…
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Govt mulls 2nd Padma bridge
The supervision will go for a second overpass over a Padma if a World Bank does not repel a cessation upon appropriation a Padma Multipurpose Bridge projects, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader pronounced yesterday. The newly allocated minister, however, hoped which a cessation would go soon. He was lecture reporters during Daudkandi in Comilla after upon…
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Delhi opposes Dhaka’s proposal
Water sharing of International Rivers has been a sensitive issue between Bangladesh and India relationship. India has been advocating for international law in negotiation with upstream nations like China. But never agreed to follow international law for water sharing with downstream nation Bangladesh. As if there is no international law for water sharing. In the…
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World Bank suspends Padma bridge Fund
Implementation of the Padma multipurpose bridge-project as the consortium of the four lending agencies led by the World Bank become uncertain $2 billion has interrupted a Fund of $1.345 (b) for the project, to an allegation of corruption the bidding process for the appointment of construction monitoring consultant settled is. Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Secretary…
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People’s commission formed by International Farakka Committee (IFC)
Yesterday the leaders of the International Farakka Committee declared names of 24 members’ people’s commission for Himalayan rivers and its 14 member’s steering committee at the national press club which comprises citizens of Bangladesh, India, China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan. The International Farakka Committee is expecting that the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan…