Australia is more than two times larger than India. India is about 20 times larger than Bangladesh. Yet Australia has only a population of 21 million, while our Dhaka has a population of about 15 million. Major Australian Cities Melbourne, Sydney are at least 8 times larger than Dhaka. To give you some idea...
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The Bangladesh Government has proceeded to conclude production sharing contracts (psc) of offshore drilling with two international oil companies (IOC) after a transparent approval process. A portion of civil society are against this government initiative for exploring and exploiting national resources. They are protesting on the streets which is creating barrier for further offshore...
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Bangladesh needs massive investments in almost all sectors and the sad fact is that the country is now experiencing serious investment crunch. 35 Thousand crore taka in country’s commercial banks is lying idle. potential investors are not feeling confident to infuse money in business mainly due to lack of proper infrastructure for gas and...
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The gas crisis in Bangladesh is shifting to an alarming stage. Electricity load shedding is now a chronic malaise in the power system. The gas shortage has already caused shutting down of several industries, many CNG stations cannot operate most of the time of the day due to low pressure. Now even domestic consumers...
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Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh has grown into a busy city of near about 11 million people and the city covers almost 816 square kilometers. The city is one of cities of highest population growth in the world. Photo by Amdadul Huq, DRIK News Bangladesh capital Dhaka is fast turning into a dirty, filthy,...
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A trawler carrying sand down the River Turag hit the underwater gas pipe line of Titas Gas causing a huge fire in the river. For this reason many areas in Dhaka suffered from insufficient supply gas for some days. Image by Munir uz Zaman, DRIK News Our natural gas reserves in recent years was...
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The Shikalbaha Power Plant was shut down on 17th July, just after 20 days it started generating electricity. The productivity of two barge-mounted plants of the three plants totaling 116 MW power generation has already expired. One of them went out of order earlier while the other can produce 10 MW at best depending...
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Some Bangladeshi media reports indicate that some areas of Dhaka metropolis are experiencing natural gas draught. Small & medium scale industries, CNG filling stations in Dhaka suburbs and adjoining areas were complaining of low gas pressure for a while but now even domestic consumers are complaining about poor gas supply during mid day from...
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Roaring Royal Bengals put Bangladesh brightly in the world map once again. White washing a country with rich Cricket tradition -West Indies in their own backyard by young enterprising Bengal tigers is definitely one of the greatest achievements that happened in our sporting history. Victory in two consecutive tests, winning the first ever away...
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When we took the City Cat ride on Brisbane River, or had a view of the river from Sydney opera house or spent time in South Bank of Melbourne CBD we always thought what Dhaka could be if we could maintain the virginity of Buriganga, Sitalakhya, Turag and Balu rivers. Can fondly remember when...
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