On 15 May 2018, voters of Khulna City Corporation area went to polls to elect their mayor for the next 5 years. The next day the official results showed that the Awami League candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleque won big securing 174,851 votes, trailed by his rival from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Nazrul Islam Monju who won 109,251 votes....
The energy crisis of Bangladesh mainly due to fuel deficit is expected to be eased to a great extent when 500 MMCFD LNG is due to be injected into national gas grid from the middle of 2018 . Informed persons are aware how the deficit of natural gas over the last decade or so stagnated economic growth. Delay in exploration and development of pot...
On 10 May 2017, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) unveiled its so-called ‘Vision 2030’ as a roadmap of how they will govern the country if they are elected to power in the next national elections. As will be visible from the following discussion, while some of the proposals in the document are well meant especially given th...
The anti Rampal environment activists’ and a section of civil society continues its less informed unprofessional propaganda against imported coal based Rampal Power Plant under implementation by BIFPCL (A Bangladesh India JV Company). The propaganda got fresh momentum following BIFCPL concluding contract with its EPC Contractor BHEL after...
This report is the third and final part of the special report series on Bangladesh-India relations till date. This part focuses on the cooperation between the two neighbors in the areas of power and energy, fighting terrorism and bilateral trade and investment. Power and Energy Electricity Import from India: The last eight years has seen ...