Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to Delhi again on a state visit on September 5. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit is very significant in India-Bangladesh bilateral relations. The …
Analysis: In Bangladesh, solar power brings work, but land shortage slows growth
Topu Roy’s family did not have electricity until around 2005 when his parents set up a solar power system at their home in Dinajpur, in northern Bangladesh, to run lights and fans.
US has no objection to Bangladesh importing fuel oil from Russia: PM’s energy advisor
Bangladesh is looking into importing oil from Russia, said Advisor to the Prime Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury …
Bangladesh cuts school, office hours to save electricity
Schools in Bangladesh will close an additional day each week and government offices and banks will shorten their work days by an hour to reduce electricity usage amid concerns over rising fuel prices …
S&P cautions Bangladesh against inflation pressures
It said the revised negative rating could come if the external debt surpassed 100 per cent of current account receipts, or gross external financing needs exceeded 100 per cent of current account …
Bangladesh being ‘killed by economic conditions elsewhere’: Financial Times
Power blackouts and high import prices are fuelling fears that Bangladesh’s previous gains could be reversed by the global crisis, according to the Financial Times.In South Asia, a region of almost 2 …
Warning on China’s BRl does not reflect Bangladesh Finance Min’s actual position, clarifies Ministry
The Bangladesh Finance Ministry has issued a clarification on recent remarks made by the country’s finance minister Mustafa Kamal on China’s risk-prone investment projects. In a rejoinder issued by …
In Bangladesh, solar power brings work, but land shortage slows growth
Solar home systems have brought electric power to millions, but a lack of land and finance are hampering the development of large-scale plants.
The world’s biggest refugee camp is at breaking point. What is Australia doing to help?
Five years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh amid a deadly military crackdown, there are calls for Australia to increase its support for those …
Rohingya refugees cannot be forgotten
I have spent nearly 30 years exposed to emergencies and humanitarian crises. Yet, standing at our “hospital on the hill” in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, now the world’s largest refugee camp, I was taken …