Monthly Archives: October 2011

Bangladesh to set up dolphin sanctuaries.

October 31, 2011
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Bangladesh will declare three river areas in its southwest as dolphin sanctuaries, wildlife officials said Monday, in a bid to protect the country’s population of endangered freshwater cetaceans. The forestry department took the decision after studies found three areas in the UNESCO-listed Sundarbans mangrove forest, which straddles Bangladesh and India, were home to large populations…

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wants int’l support to face challenges of climate change

October 31, 2011
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday reiterated her call to the developed economies to assist Bangladesh face the risks of climate change. “Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to the global climate change. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home early today after a 3-day Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in Perth, says UNB. Senior…

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Russia’s Gazprom to explore for gas in Bangladesh.

October 31, 2011
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DHAKA Oct 31 (Reuters) – Russia’s Gazprom , the world’s largest natural gas company, on Monday proposed exploring for gas in Bangladesh’s onshore fields to cushion an energy crisis that has slowed the country’s economic growth, a senior government official said. A Gazprom delegation is visiting Bangladesh to conclude negotiations with the government for exploration…

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Gas Mafia Syndicate Makes Political Alignment in Bangladesh

October 31, 2011
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Gas Mafia Syndicate Makes Political Alignment in Bangladesh

For shortage of production from the gas fields, constraints of gas transmission system coupled with poor gas system operation cause downstream gas marketing companies suffer the most. In a very conservative estimate the coincident peak demand in gas system is now about 2600MMCFD but the production and supply in a supersaturated gas transmission grid is…

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“Transit “should be discussed in public forum rather than keeping it confined to some advisers and bureaucrats

October 31, 2011
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“Transit “should be discussed in public forum rather than keeping it confined to some advisers and bureaucrats

Because of reality reason Speakers at a dialogue on transit have urged the government to become transparent on the issue. They suggested that it has to be a win-win situation for Bangladesh and India to develop a sustainable and long-term relationship. The report of the core committee on transit should be made public, they said…

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Ivy is going to Win : Narayangonj City Corporation

October 30, 2011
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Ivy is going to Win : Narayangonj City Corporation

Ivy is going to Win : Narayangonj City Corporation election.

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Ivy 26,204, Shamim 6,850

October 30, 2011
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Ivy 26,204, Shamim 6,850

Mayoral candidate Selina Hayat Ivy has bagged 26,204 votes while her main rival Shamim Osman got 6,850 in 18 polling centres out of 163 in the Narayanganj City Corporation elections,  

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Opposition boycotts NCC election in Bangladesh

October 30, 2011
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Opposition boycotts NCC election in Bangladesh

BNP Backed Narayongonj Mayor Candidate Boycott Narayanganj City Poll..  Barely seven hours before the Narayanganj City Corporation vote, BNP has announced that mayor candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker, who the party was backing, is boycotting the polls. No army has been deployed. Voters have been threatened in their homes, Abdullah Al Noman told journalists at a…

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Rab officials have advised voters to cast their votes without fear.

October 30, 2011
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Rab officials have advised voters to cast their votes without fear.

RAB has urged Narayanganj voters to ‘vote without a fear’ on Sunday, assuring them that such a large number of its members have never before been deployed in one place. “Our members will be at each centre in uniform and plain clothes. No one will be allowed to compromise law and order,” Rapid Action Battalion’s…

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BNP condemns diatribe against Khaleda in JS

October 29, 2011
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The parliamentary party of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday demanded withdrawal of what was discussed in the house on Wednesday under rule 68 and alleged that the discussion had violated the rule itself. The opposition chief whip, Zainul Abdin Farroque, at a briefing in the Jatiya Sangsad media centre, demanded withdrawal of the…

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Scientists suggest alternative source of arsenic contamination

October 29, 2011
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New research contradicts previous findings that arsenic contamination — an environmental crisis that affects more than 60 million people in the Bengal Basin — in groundwater may result from arsenic coming from man-made ponds, suggesting instead that it originates in sediments in aquifers. Groundwater sites across southern and eastern Asia contains arsenic levels that can…

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No army in NCC polls

October 29, 2011
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No army in NCC polls

CEC slams govt ‘refusal’ on deployment, says it’s a violation of constitution, EC won’t take responsibility for any trouble; no govt reply to EC’s letter for army to maintain law and order. The government did not deploy the army in Narayanganj city yesterday, ignoring the Election Commission’s requirement of troops to maintain law and order…

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“Develop network with peers in Bangladesh”-Ambassador Akramul Qader urges expatriate doctors.

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and State Minister Mr. Akramul Qader attended the annual conference of Bangladesh Medical Association of North America, Louisiana chapter in Orleans, Louisiana and addressed a…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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Meghalaya has made it clear that the dams which are to be built across the Myntdu and Umiew rivers would not have any negative impact…

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