The Jatiya Sangsad today passed the "Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015," to pave the way for facilitating the setting up of nuclear power plants in the country.
The cabinet today approved the new pay scale for civil servants and members of the armed forces raising the current salary by nearly 100 percent to be effective from July 1, 2015.
Primary and Mass Education Minister Mostafizur Rahman today said the government is going to expand the stipend net by another 5.2 million students at the primary education level.
Around 120 million people in Bangladesh currently have access to electricity, says State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.
The current annual demand for gas in the country is 1,076 billion cubic feet while the production and the daily supply against this is around 2,700 million cubic feet, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said in parliament.