Move to legalise electric vehicles
The new government in Bangladesh is going to legalise electric vehicles. Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has drafted guidelines on the electric vehicles making registration, fitness certificate
Financial Express (Bangladesh)
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ADB to give $310m loan to improve power supply
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide US$ 310 million in loan to improve Bangladesh's power supply system, and reduce power outages and shortages. It confirmed the assistance Tuesday. Under
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Germany to provide 10.5m Euro for renewable energy
Germany will provide 10.5 million Euro (equivalent to Tk 1.13 billion) to Bangladesh for the 'productive use of renewable energy programme' in the country's remote areas. German donor agency KfW on
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Amendment to CHT Land Commission Act approved
State Minister or Chittagong Hill Tracks (CHT) Affairs Bir Bahadur U Shei Ching Tuesday said that cabinet approved the amendment to the CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission Act 2001 which will help resolve
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Farmers switch to cereals from paddy in Barind amid climate change impact
Farmers have started switching to cereals from paddy in the wake of adverse impact of climate change with new technology and seed in the vast Barind tract. According to the agriculture officials and
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Tk 27.88b project to build Jaidevpur-Elenga 4-lane highway
The government is going to implement a Tk 27.88 billion project to upgrade Jaidevpur-Chandra-Tangail-Elenga highway to use it as SAARC Highway Corridor-4 to facilitate road connectivity with neighbouring
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Climate fiscal framework on cards to coordinate use of funds
The government is formulating a climate fiscal framework to coordinate spending in the climate change-related activities, official sources said. The move is taken to ensure appropriate and effective
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China, Japan should tackle pollution together: ADB
China and Japan should put aside their diplomatic differences and find common ground in protecting the environment, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Monday. Takehiko Nakao, ADB's president, said
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Tk 500b needed to give ruined rivers a new lease of life
Water experts estimate that Tk 500 billion will be needed to give the country's ruined rivers a new lease of life. Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has already taken a move, as part of a giant
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Govt to prepare database on people's poverty status
The government would prepare a database for the people and their households by conducting a census aimed at identifying the real status of their poverty, officials said Monday. The national statistical
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Indigenous small fish species face extinction in Barind tract
Indigenous fish species, particularly the small ones, are on the verge of extinction due to sharp declining of breeding and grazing fields of the fish species in the vast Barind tract. Breeding and