“What you said in April you are repeating in August. Where is the progress?” asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her fourth meeting with power and energy sector officials since assuming office. She incidentally is also in charge of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. While it’s true that her government inherited...
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Despite ruins of indepence war in 1971 Bangladesh, under the visionary leadership of Bangabandhu, launched a tremendous journey in the world of energy. Think of the overall situation of 1972. Bangladesh government started almost from ruins. Defeated forces and their beneficiary local meerjafars were very much active to destroy our glorious achievements. Yet...
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Every year when August comes Bangabandhu is remembered, in Bangladesh and all over the world where ever Bangladeshi community lives, for his unparalleled contribution to the cause of Bangladesh. His contribution for Bangladesh liberation is unmatched and undisputed. He not only led a peace loving innocent Bangladeshi nation to the glory of Indepence but...
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We know every four years for a month world comes together for soccer world cup. People of all ages, language, religion eat, drink, dream soccer. Football becomes universal language. People of Bangladesh are no different. We have similar crazy soccer fans in Bangladesh like Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany and any other country. When the...
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Finance Minister of Bangladesh Mr AMA Muhith has just placed the National Budget Proposal to Parliament for the fiscal year 2010-11. This is the first time in the history of Bangladesh any budget is placed using power points in a digital format. Bangladesh is passing through desperate energy crisis. Confronting energy crisis is definitely...
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In early 1990 two leading ladies of Bangladesh politics Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina Wajed were together on the streets struggling to overthrow the autocratic regime of General Ershad. Since early 90s excepting the two years of Care Taker/interim government, two ladies led what people call democratic government over the last two decades....
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Mr AMA Muhith Finance Minister of Bangladesh while talking about prevailing energy situation of Bangladesh regarded the situation as Energy famine. We do not know how many of his cabinet colleagues will subscribe to that. But when a finance minister repeatedly mentions energy crisis as the major barrier in investment in Bangladesh he must...
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When we NRBs think and talk about our dear motherland Bangladesh, now in desperate crisis, we must realise that when the chief resources are constrained, the cities are overpopulated, the government is ingrained in corruption and terrorism is a major threat, tackling energy crisis is a great challenge. We have too many smart persons...
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BNP Chairperson and leader of the opposition Mrs Khaleda Zia, widow of slain President General Ziaur Rahman, addressed a rally at Laldighi maidan on 29th March 2010. This is her first public appearance, after Mahajote Government’s assumption of power, on 39th anniversary of the glorious independence of our country on 26th march, a day...
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Bangladesh Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina made several milestone achievements during her visit in China. After her historic India visit, it is another major achievement which she made in making major breakthrough in bilateral relation with another giant regional and global economy. China will allow duty free access of Bangladeshi products to its markets and...
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