Move to legalise electric vehicles
The new government in Bangladesh is going to legalise electric vehicles. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has drafted guidelines on the electric vehicles making registration, fitness certificate
Financial Express (Bangladesh)
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Canada to provide $19.9m in partnership with Unicef
Canada will provide $19.9 million to Bangladesh in partnership with Unicef to help improve the health of hard to reach mothers and young children in remote areas considering the country's challenges in
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Govt to import 3,500 mw power by 2030: Tawfiq
Energy Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi said Thursday the government has planned to import 3,500 megawatt (MW) of electricity from neighboring countries through cross border grid
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Tk 5m grants for flood-hit farmers
A BSS report says: Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) under financial assistance of the British Red Cross distributed Taka 5 million as grants among 1,000 flood-hit small and marginal framers of four
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Vitamin A plus campaign in Magura tomorrow
National vitamin A plus campaign is going to be observed on October 5. Health Department of Magura at a press conference at civil surgeon office room Wednesday afternoon called to make the campaign
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Rampal power plant will threaten world's biggest mangrove forests: TIME
Construction of a proposed 1,320 megawatt (mw) coal-fired thermal power plant at Rampal, near the Sundarbans, will threaten the biggest mangrove forests of the world and home of the endangered Royal Bengal
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Arsenic contamination turning serious in Pirgachha areas
Arsenic contamination has become severe at Pathokshikor village of Kandi union under Pirgachha Upazila in Rangpur district, leaving thousands of people vulnerable to arsenicosis. At least seven arsenic
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HSBC-Daily Star Climate Awards' launched
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh and The Daily Star Tuesday launched the fourth edition of 'HSBC - The Daily Star Climate Awards'. The programme aims to recognise
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AAN opens project on non-communicable diseases in Jessore
Referring to the report of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Japanese researchers and a number of physicians told that people of Bangladesh are living in the risks of non-communicable diseases such as
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Massive pest attack jeopardising Aman cultivation at Kaunia
Massive pest attack has been threatening Aman cultivation at Kaunia upazila in Rangpur district, causing grave concern among the farmers about the yield of the paddy during the current season. The
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ECNEC approves Meghna water treatment project
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved Thursday Tk 52.48 billion cost water treatment plant set up project to purify the water of the Meghna, to be supplied to the capital,