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About GCM Resources GCM Resources plc (LON:GCM), the AIM listed mining and energy company, has identified a high quality coal resource of 572 million tonnes (JORC 2004 compliant) at the Phulbari Coal and Power Project (the "Project") in north-west Bangladesh.   Utilising the latest highly energy efficient power generating technology, the Phulbari coal mine is capable of supporting power plants of up to 6,000MW. GCM is awaiting approval from the Government of Bangladesh...

10 years of Felani killing: family’s wait for justice continues UNB, Kurigram UNB, Kurigram Despite their limitations, Felanis parents put in all their effort to get justice but their wait is yet to end. Fifteen-year-old Felani Khatun was gunned down by BSF when she, along with her father, was returning home from India through Anantapur border along Phulbari upazila of Kurigram on January 7, 2011. Although her father managed to cross into Bangladesh...

Floating Restaurant to Come up Near Bogibeel Bridge to Boost Assam Tourism In a bid to boost tourism in the state of Assam, the Indian Railways has provided its vacant land near Bogibeel bridge for the creation of facilities for a floating restaurant.   |  2 Jan 2021 8:14 AM GMT In a bid to boost tourism in the state of Assam, the Indian Railways has provided its vacant land near Bogibeel bridge for the creation of facilities for a floating restaurant. According to a tweet from the Ministr...

Assam: Road Mishap in South Salmara Mankachar Kills 1, Several Injured The accident took place when a speeding car coming from opposite direction hit an auto rickshaw carrying as many as 5 passengers, one died on the spot   |  2 Jan 2021 12:42 PM GMT Hatsingimari: In a spine chilling accident in South Salmara Mankachar district of Assam on Friday (January 1) one woman died on the spot and four people were severely injured. The deceased woman has been identified as Fojitan Bibi (30-year-o...

107 landless families to get houses in Sariakandi 294 BOGURA, Dec 29, 2020 (BSS) – A total of 107 landless and distressed families of Sariakandi upazila of the district are going to get semi-pucca houses as a gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of the ‘Mujib Borsho’ by next January. On behalf of Asrayan Project-2 of the Prime Minister’s Office, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has been constructing the houses and each of the houses will be built at a cost o...

24 municipalities go to polls with EVMs Many voters clueless as to how to use the machines Two Ansar members loading electronic voting machines onto a truck at the Barlekha upazaila election office yesterday. The EVMs were to be taken to 10 voting centres for today’s Barlekha municipality elections. Photo: Mintu Deshwara Twenty-four municipalities will go to polls today using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) amid confusion among voters about uses of the machines. Because of the coronavirus ...

Gateman killed as train hits truck in Dinajpur Photo: Collected Star Online Report Star Online Report A man was killed as a freight train hit a truck near Phulbari station in Dinajpur early today.  The deceased is Sushanto Kumar Das (40), reports our Dinajpur correspondent. Md Israfil, station master of Phulbari, said Chilahati-bound freight train "23 UP Rocket Mail" from Khulna was taken to the platform around 1:30am. But before getting any signal to approach, the train entered line-1, he ...

Stop financing dirty fossil fuel; invest in renewable energy instead: Speakers at virtual energy dialogue Photo: Collected Star Online Report Star Online Report Speakers at a virtual dialogue today urged foreign investors to stop financing in dirty coal- and LNG- fired power plants and invest in renewable energy instead. The virtual dialogue, titled "Energy Investment in Bangladesh" was co-organised by 16 campaign groups, non-profit organisations and ...

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India bolstering links with Bhutan, Nepal to counter China’s BRI move With China as the elephant in the room, India and Japan are making a conscious effort to establish structural linkages that would connect Bhutan with the Indo-Pacific region IANSNew Delhi India bolstering links with Bhutan, Nepal to counter China’s BRI moveIANS Amid the growing military build-up by China, India is set to press the pedal on the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India Nepal (BBIN) initiative, envisaging closer connec...