Grid failure: PGCB blames over-consumption tendency, non-coordination for blackout
Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) Executive Director and head of its investigation committee Md Yakub Ilaihi Chowdhury has identified an unhealthy competition to draw more electricity and the lack of coordination between the power sector components as the key reasons behind the national grid blackout on October 4.
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Representational photo BigstockEditors’ Council: Critical information infrastructure decision violates journalists' right to information
The ICT Division’s decision to declare 29 organizations as critical information infrastructure under the Digital Security Act obstructs media workers’ right to information, the Editors’ Council has said.
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CourtesyEC extends deadline for Gaibandha-5 by-polls by 90 days
The Election Commission (EC) has extended the deadline for holding any fresh election to the Gaibandha-5 parliamentary seat by three months, or till January 20, 2023.
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File photo shows a general view of the Election Commission offices in Dhaka's Agargaon Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneRU student dies after falling from dorm’s third floor
A Rajshahi University student died after falling from the third floor of Shahid Habibur Rahman Hall.
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MGM Shahriar Dhaka TribuneNanak: Demoracy, independence facing challege from anti-liberation forces
Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday said that the country's independence and democracy are facing tough challenges.
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Awami League Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak UNBUkraine curbs power usage after Russian attacks energy plants
Ukraine is restricting electricity usage nationwide for the first time on Thursday following a barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have destroyed some power plants just before the cold winter months set in.
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People shop in a supermarket as Kharkiv suffers an electricity outage, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, October 17, 2022 ReutersGrant Shapps appointed UK's new interior minister
Grant Shapps was on Wednesday appointed interior minister by embattled UK Prime Minister Liz Truss after she suffered the second high profile ministerial loss of her six week premiership.
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UK Home Secretary Grant Shapps Collected