Views & Opinion

Bangabandhu Satellite to create enormous opportunities

Bangabandhu-1 Satellite is to establish Bangladesh's own stake on the space opening up enormous opportunities providing three types of advantages involving fields of field of information and communication technology (ICT) and broadcasting industry alongside brightening Bangladesh image. Experts and officials said the country's first geostationa...

Bangladesh . . . in time and space: Syed Badrul Ahsan

The launch of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite into space is that particular moment in history when we must celebrate ourselves. In these past ten years or so, we as a people have been busy, under a political leadership wedded to the noble principles upon which this nation was founded through the tragedy of war nearly a half century ago, in consolida...

Bangabandhu Satellite-1, Another Dream Realized: Zunaid Ahmed Palak MP

A communication satellite provides three types of services: broadcasting, telecommunications and data communications. Television and radio stations use the broadcasting services delivered directly to their audiences and viewers. ISPs (Internet Service Providers) use satellite for delivering internet, whereas both cell phone and land phone opera...

‘Ouster’ is the language of usurpers: Syed Badrul Ahsan

A couple of days ago, the senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed let it be known that his party would launch a movement to oust the present government from power. In his words, people do not want this government any more. Coming from a politician who happens to be a senior lawyer, apart from being an individual who has had cause to switch political alle...

LNG Supply Will Be A Milestone Achievement: Khondkar Abdus Saleque

Bangladesh’s energy sector is going to achieve a new milestone next month towards achieving sustainable energy security. It is now all set for the commencement of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) supply to the national gas grid of Bangladesh from the first week of May 2018. The Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) to be owned and ope...