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HPM Sheikh Hasina inaugurates 5 power plants

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated five power plants, having a total of 779-MW electricity generation capacity. The power plants are 400-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Bibiyana-3 in Habiganj, up-gradation of 150-MW Power Plant to 225-MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Sylhet, 100-MW Power Plant Unit-2 at Zulda in Chattogram, 104-M...

Bangladesh receives two mobile oxygen plants from India

Bangladesh received two mobile oxygen plants, each with a capacity of generating 960 litres of oxygen per minute, from India on Thursday to support the effort to fight the Covid-19 situation. Indian Navy handed over the oxygen plants developed and manufactured by DRDO in India, to Bangladesh Navy at Chattogram Port at about 10:00am. One oxygen...

Bangladesh will be a communications hub for the entire world: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today unveiled the foundation stone of the Cox's Bazar Airport runway extension project -- aiming to enable it to offer a longer range of domestic and international passenger services. The Prime Minister inaugurated the construction work on the maritime runway, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, virtually from her...

Diplomat article praises PM Hasina for 'zero-tolerance policy on terrorism'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been governing Bangladesh with a "zero tolerance to terror" policy, says an article published by The Diplomat, highlighting the situation in Afghanistan. The article written by Subir Bhaumik, a former BBC and Reuters correspondent, particularly mentions the efforts taken following the 2016 terror attack on an up...

Discussion program "Love, Peace & Freedom: The philosophy of Bangabandhu" to celebrate the journey of Bangladesh

A unique discussion program "Love, Peace & Freedom; The Philosophy of Bangabandhu" is going to be held on Bangabandhu's odyssey towards the independence of Bangladesh. The program would usher a rare opportunity, especially for the digital generation, to travel the pathway of Bangabandhu’s journey towards our liberation war and nat...