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PDB under pressure to change bid criteria

Sat September 5, 2009 - 4:06pm BdST

The Power Development Board is facing tremendous pressure from a quarter of influential local businessmen who want the bidder selection criteria for the upcoming three-year-long rental power projects to be unusually relaxed so that anyone can win a deal.

Surma river already facing severe water crunch

Sat August 15, 2009 - 2:05am BdST

Hundreds of water bodies and small rivers in the greater Sylhet region are already facing a water crisis during the dry season, according to Bangladesh Water Development Board, even before India has begun construction of the contentious Tipaimukh dam project upstream in Manipur that has triggered widespread environmental fears for the region.