In the second half of 2017, the government did something unprecedented in response to an unprecedented situation—it sheltered about 750,000 Rohingyas fleeing from a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing” by the Myanmar army. Our response to this humanitarian crisis had serious environmental and ecological consequences. We, however, could see three stages of development to make […]
Dhaka: Seeks 2000MW Solar Power from India
Bangladeshis trying to buy at least 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from solar plants being set up in Gujarat and Rajasthan. India is currently supplying 660 MW of electricity to power-starved Bangladesh to create a new energy security architecture for its neighbour. Bir Bikram Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, adviser for power, energy and mineral resources affairs to […]
Berlin to offer €200 mn to Dhaka for development projects
Two agreements were signed between Bangladesh’s economic relations secretary Monowar Ahmed and German ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz recently for provision of €200 million by Germany to Bangladesh for development projects. An amount of €172 million will be available as financial cooperation and €28 million for technical cooperation. Projects for renewable energy and energy efficiency […]
Dhaka, Riyadh sign 5 MoUs on chemical, solar power cooperation
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia): Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday signed five Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to enhance cooperation in chemical, steel and solar power sectors between the two countries. The MoUs were inked after the meeting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the Saudi business community, including leaders of the Council of Saudi Chamber and […]