Bangladesh entering the gigawatt club
For the first time since the country introduced solar systems in 1996, Bangladesh has received several proposals from foreign and local private firms willing to set up 1,000MW solar power plants – thanks to the government’s timely steps to shift to clean energy in phases.
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A worker operates a machinery to clean solar panels at a photovoltaic industrial park in Hami, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China ReutersDelhi assures Dhaka of concluding Teesta water-sharing agreement
India will take utmost efforts to conclude the much-talked about long pending Teesta Water Sharing agreement soon.
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File photo of Teesta River UNBRohingya camps: A heightened challenge
On August 25 five years ago, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya men, women, boys, and girls fled violence and persecution in Myanmar and sought refuge in what is now the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
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Arunn Jegan CourtesyZelensky: Ukraine narrowly escapes nuclear catastrophe as plant loses power
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster as electricity to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cut for hours due to Russian shelling in the area, allegations that Moscow denied.
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Communal workers clean an area around houses damaged by a Russian military strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine August 25, 2022 ReutersDelhi says no comment on Momen's recent India remarks
The government of India has no comment on the recent remarks made by the Bangladesh foreign minister, noting that there is a debate about its accuracy.
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Arindam Bagchi, official spokesperson at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs UNBUS senator arrives in Taiwan, defying angry Beijing
A US lawmaker on the Senate Commerce and Armed Services committees arrived in Taiwan on Thursday on the third visit by a US dignitary this month, defying pressure from Beijing to halt the trips.
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