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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Huge cultivable land threatened as sand lifting continues on Teesta river banks
Lifting of sand from Teesta river at Lakkhitari union of Gangachhara upazila in Rangpur district is going on unabated, causing serious risk for the river bank and adjoining establishments. Hundreds
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Govt to set up country's largest wind-based power plant in Ctg
The government will set up the country's largest wind-based power plant at Anwara in Chittagong, having a 100-megawatt (MW) of generation capacity, officials said Wednesday. Power Division official
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Rajshahi farmers happy over early production of hybrid tomato
RAJSHAHI, Nov 14: An early variety of hybrid tomato has started to arrive in the markets of Rajshahi. Farmers of the district are also happy over getting a satisfactory price of their yield. According
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BD, its capital city listed as most vulnerable to climate change
Bangladesh and its capital Dhaka have been listed as the 'most vulnerable' to climate change among 193 countries, and 50 cities across the world by Maplecroft, a leading environmental institution based
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Heavy downpour damages huge Aman crops, vegetables in Khulna
A total of two thousand six hundred fifty (2650) hectares land of standing Aman crops and three hundred hectares of vegetables worth about Tk 25 million were damaged following an incessant and heavy downpour
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Govt, ADB sign $12m deal as addl financing for BD-India power connection
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government signed Wednesday a loan agreement for $12 million in additional financing for the cross-border electricity interconnection between Bangladesh and India.
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PM launches work on MRT, BRT projects Oct 31
Inauguration of the first four-lane road and foundation laying ceremony of the city's mass transport projects will be held on October 31. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation stones of
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RWASA project
Another BSS report says: Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) has been implementing a project by spending around TK 340 million in order to bring a qualitative change in the city's water
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Govt to drill 4 new gas wells by IOCs
The government will drill four new onshore gas wells by international oil companies (IOCs) to raise output to meet the country's mounting natural gas demand, a top official said Sunday. Petrobangla
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$2.0m grant for icddr,b
The International Centre for Diarrheal Disease and Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) has been nominated for a scale-up grant of up to $ 2.0 million by Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the government of