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Take steps to protect Rohingyas

Rejecting arguments made by Myanmar’s civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the International Court of Justice at The Hague ruled on Thursday that Myanmar must take action to protect Rohingya Muslims, report Al Jazeera, New York Times. The court said Myanmar must “take all measures with...

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Take urgent steps to stop Israel’s illegal settlements

Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Rabab Fatima has called upon the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take urgent measures to cease all illegal settlements and annexation of Palestinian land by Israel. Ambassador Fatima was speaking at the UNSC open debate on &l...

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BD peacekeepers earn reputation protecting Congo’s most dangerous area

Torching of houses and killing of people in broad daylight are the everyday affairs there. Even 20 years into the launch of the UN Peacekeeping Mission, the area is still known as a battlefield. Bangladesh peacekeepers have to patrol this most dangerous area in Blukua of the Djugu territory to save ...

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India’s CAA unnecessary

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she did not understand the purpose of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in India that aims to offer citizenship to non-Muslim minorities that have faced persecution in Bangladesh and other neighbouring countries.“We don’t understand w...

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China names chairmen for CNPC, Sinopec Group

China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has appointed Dai Houliang as chairman, replacing Wang Yilin who is retiring, it said in a statement posted on its official WeChat account on Friday, report agencies.  Dai will step down from chairman position at China Petrochemical Group (Sinopec Group), ac...

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Green energy boomed in Britain over last three years: Survey data

Green energy has boomed in Britain over the last three years, according to survey data published Thursday which also highlighted accelerating investment in wind power, report agencies.  Turnover in Britain's low carbon and renewable energy sector expanded 15.5 percent to £46.7 billion...

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World seaborne coal trade rose 0.7 per cent in 2019: German importers

Seaborne coal trade around the world grew 0.7 per cent last year, helped by higher output in China and Indonesia and more export activity by Indonesia, Australia, Russia and Canada, Germany's VDKI coal importers lobby said on Friday, report agencies.  Imports and exports, counted together, ...

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German power grid firms need sharp rise in renewable generation capacity by 2035

Germany's four power grid operators said on Friday that a sharp rise in the country's renewable generation capacity was needed over the next 15 years to meet demand from the electrification of heating, transport and other industries, report agencies. Presenting their capacity planning n...

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Oil steadies as Chinese economy offsets trade optimism

Oil prices steadied on Friday as sluggish economic growth in China, the world’s biggest crude importer, raised concerns over fuel demand and countered optimism from the signing of a China-U.S. trade deal, report agencies.  Brent crude LCOc1 futures rose 23 cents to settle at $64.85 a barr...

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Over 110 dead as severe weather hits Pakistan, Afghanistan

Avalanches, flooding and harsh winter weather has killed more than 110 people across Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent days, officials said Tuesday, as authorities struggled to reach people stranded by heavy snowfall, report agencies.At least 75 people died and 64 were injured across Pakistan, with...

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Europe works to calm Iran tensions

EU foreign ministers backed away from any immediate response to Iran's decision to intensify its enrichment of uranium, instead repeating their call for Tehran to respect the limits of a 2015 nuclear arms control accord, report agencies.  At an emergency meeting in Brussels on Friday amid s...

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China will not cut new energy vehicle subsidies in July

China will not cut subsidies for new energy vehicles (NEV) again in July, Miao Wei, its minister for industry and information technology, said on Saturday, in a move that could bring some respite for vehicle makers, report agencies.  China has been slowly rolling back a generous 5-year subsidy ...

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Masdar and Azerbaijan sign agreement to develop solar project

Masdar, one of the world's leading renewable energy companies, has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to design, finance, build, and operate a 200-megawatt utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) project, report agencies. In the presence of Ali Asado...

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Tri-State to close coal power plants in Colorado and New Mexico

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association on Thursday said it will close its Escalante Station in New Mexico by end of 2020, and Craig Station and Colowyo Mine in northwest Colorado by 2030, report agencies.  The wholesale power supplier will recognize a one-time impairment loss of abou...

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Delhi needs extra time to meet coal-fired plants emission norms

India’s power ministry has asked for coal-fired power plants around New Delhi, the capital city with the worst air quality in the world, to be given more time to install equipment to reduce emissions, after the year-end deadline for action passed.A government official, who requested anonymity ...

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Soaring SUV sales may contribute to climate change

Soaring demand for SUVs drove record sales last year for premium automakers including BMW and Mercedes, leaving the industry on a collision course with government efforts to tackle global warming despite big investments in electric vehicles, report agencies. BMW said on Friday that deliveries b...

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UAE expected to see surge in downstream gas investments

Investment across the Middle East and North African gas sector is projected to decline by $70 billion over the next five years on the back of high global gas output, slowing regional demand and financing issues, according to a forecast by Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp).While two-thirds ...

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Justice SM Murshed’s birth anniversary today

The 109th birth anniversary of Late Chief Justice Syed Mahabub Murshed, an eminent jurist, an independent thinker cum judge, and one of the greatest constitutional lawyers of the sub-continent will be observed on Saturday, January 11, 2020. In this connection,Quran Khani and Fateha Khani will be hel...

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Bangabandhu comes home

Forty eight years ago today, a thankful Bangalee nation welcomed the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back home. His homecoming was for all of us the breaking of a new dawn in our lives. It brought a moment for the nine month long War of Liberation to achieve completeness. Bang...

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National hackathon on Frontier Technologies begins

With the slogan “Think-Hack-Solve", National Hackathon on Frontier Technologies kicked off aiming to find ICT based innovative solutions for the most citizen centric challenges in the country.  Under the ICT Division, “Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) proje...