Battery-powered e-rickshaws and auto-rickshaws will have to use solar power for charging to qualify for registration under new rules being prepared by the government, state minister for local government, rural development, and cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam said Monday.
Bangladesh is preparing a Tk 567 crore (approximately $46.2 million) project to reduce flooding and waterlogging in Dhaka and surrounding areas, with World Bank financing covering most of the cost.
Bangladesh has completed fuel loading at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, while engineers examine minor issues before commissioning, science and technology minister Faqir Mahbub Anam said Sunday.
Protesters in Bangladesh denounced prolonged power outages, rising energy costs, and higher commodity prices, accusing the government of failing to deliver improvements promised before the election.
Prime minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday urged entrepreneurs to make greater use of Bangladesh’s underused waterways to expand fish production, create jobs, and boost exports.
Four people were killed and two others seriously injured Sunday when a pickup truck overturned on a highway in Bangladesh’s southeastern Rangamati district, police and hospital officials said.
Prime minister Tarique Rahman said Sunday his government is pursuing people-focused policies to turn Bangladesh into a welfare state, while urging citizens to resist efforts to create street disorder.
Bangladesh said Sunday that prime minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed visit to India is unlikely to proceed unless New Delhi acts on Dhaka’s extradition requests for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman apologized for Bangladesh’s power and gas shortages and said the government was taking urgent steps to ease the crisis within days.
Bangladesh plans to establish modern meat processing centers in every district as part of an effort to expand safe processing, preservation and eventual exports, state minister for fisheries and livestock Sultan Salahuddin Tuku said.
