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Zillur for Turkish help in river dredging, ICT

priyo.news — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:19:19 +0000

President Zillur Rahman sought Turkey's cooperation and assistance in areas of river dredging, energy and ICT to help materialise Bangladesh's development programmes.

Muhith sees power, energy as the challenges to come

priyo.news — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:48:26 +0000

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Progress in the power and energy sector, without which the country's development is not possible, will be the big challenge in the coming year, the finance minister said on Thursday. AMA Muhith claims that Bangladesh has nearly emerged form impact of the global recession.

Dhaka eyes $4.68b from Beijing in 28 projects

priyo.news — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:18:28 +0000

Bangladesh will seek around US$4.68 billion in assistance from the Chinese government to implement 28 projects in telecommunication, infrastructure, energy, and health sectors at the Bangladesh-China Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting scheduled to begin in Beijing tomorrow.

Petrobangla puts Chevron on GTCL's system

priyo.news — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:44:48 +0000

Petrobangla yesterday approved a move allowing US oil company Chevron install a gas compressor station at Muchai in the gas pipeline owned by the national Gas Transmission Company Ltd (GTCL).

Day advances by an hour

priyo.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:27:45 +0000

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Today's 11:00 PM will be 12:00 AM automatically by advancing an hour as part of the government initiated day light saving time for energy saving.

BERC chairman resigns after his transfer to ACC

editor — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:25:44 +0000

Rights body serves notice on Secretary for rule violation

Bangladesh to import fuel from the Philippines

priyo.com — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:20:04 +0000

State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp. (BPC) will buy a combined total of 180,000 tons of diesel and kerosene from a state-run Philippine company, a senior official said yesterday.

Decision effective from June 16: Day to advance by an hour for saving power

priyo.com — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:58:58 +0000

The government is likely to augment time by an hour either from June 16 or April 1 next year as a part of electricity saving measure.

Tuku wants legal action against men behind power crisis during BNP rule

priyo.com — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:38:24 +0000

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Advocate Shamsul Huq Tuku said yesterday that legal action should be taken against those men who plundered public money to the tune of thousands of crores of Taka in the name of power generation but failed to add electricity to the national grid during the previous BNP-led alliance government.

Let world know what Bangladesh needs

priyo.com — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:29:57 +0000

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Visiting Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard yesterday said climate change is not a "distant future" and Bangladesh should speak up clearly and loudly to get a truly global deal in Copenhagen in December this year to face the challenge together.