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.
A study using operational data from Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited says the utility could improve the reliability and efficiency of its electricity distribution network by modernizing it feeder by feeder instead of pursuing costly systemwide replacement.
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.
Business leaders are urging authorities to regulate Dhaka’s rapidly growing number of battery-run rickshaws as drivers of the three-wheeled vehicles press the government for protections, training, and improved working conditions.
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.
A crude bomb attack targeted a Bangladesh Nationalist Party office in Satkhira’s Kaliganj upazila late Friday, leaving one person injured, party officials said that the Business Standard.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy dismissed calls to amend Article 70 of the Constitution before the presidential election, saying any change should come through Parliament.
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.
