Bangladesh and Russia have signed in Moscow a protocol on cooperation on peaceful use of atomic energy during visit of a nine-member team headed by state minister for Science and ICT Yeafes Osman.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the Ministry of Science and ICT to expedite the ongoing negotiation with Russia for setting up nuclear power plants in Bangladesh, in a bid to alleviate the country's power generation crisis.
Newly appointed German ambassador to Bangladesh Holger Michael has assured Bangladesh of providing technical support to adopt modern technologies in industrial sector for attracting more investments.
The government today formed a committee headed by Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui to raise funds for generating electricity. The committee would raise up to $10 billion and outline a plan how the money would be used.
Police today asked the government to shut down 84 porn websites. Assistant Inspector General (AIG-Media) Mohammad Nazrul Islam sent a letter to the home secretary in this regard seeking necessary steps through the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
Postal services will be modernised to provide people with various facilities across the country, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Razu told the Parliament today. He said his ministry has already started process to appoint 2,850 manpower for the vacant posts of the post offices.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the country's talented youths to come up with new ideas, plans and inventions to turn Bangladesh into a modern digital country in line with the Vision-2021.
The government has planned to add 717 MW of electricity in national grid from eight public and private-owned power plants by December next, a senior official of Power Division said yesterday. "Of the 717MW of electricity, a total of 480MW would add from public sector and the rest from private sector," the official said.
The government will distribute 2.65 crore power-saving bulbs for free among the rural poor before the upcoming irrigation season. The process of procuring the bulbs at a cost of $ 38 million, provided by the World Bank, has already started, state minister for power Md Enamul Haque said on Tuesday.
The Election Commission has given over 3,000 laptops to three ministries, from a stock of around 8,000 used to prepare the voter roll ahead of the last general election, an official said on Monday.
