Bangladesh
Pay Tk 3 lakh to Zaima in 15 days, HC asks launch owner
Dhaka, Oct 27 (UNB) – The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to pay Tk 3 lakh to Zaima Newaz, who lost her feet after being hit by a launch at Fatullah Launch ghat here in Narayanganj in 2017, within 15 days.
Industries Minister to visit Switzerland, UAE
Dhaka, Oct 27 (UNB) – Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun leaves here for Switzerland on Monday morning on a four-day visit to discuss ways to improve the standard of the food quality in Bangladesh through research and technology transfer.
GK Shamim, Khaled Mahmud put on 7-day remand
Dhaka, Oct 27 (UNB) – A court here on Sunday placed ‘Jubo League leader’ Golam Kibria Shamim alias GK Shamim and expelled organising secretary of Jubo League’s Dhaka south city unit Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan on a 7-day remand each on charge of accumulating illegal wealth.
Karnaphuli Oil Spill: Ship owner fined but river ‘at stake’
Chattogram, Oct 27 (UNB) – An environmental court here on Sunday fined the owner of Desh-1 oil tanker Tk 3 crore for polluting the Karnaphuli River as oil from the tanker spilled into the river following its collision with another vessel on Thursday.
Banaripara upazila AL vice-president suspended
Barishal, Oct 26 (UNB) –Banaripara upazila AL vice-president Golam Faruk, also chairman of the upazila, was suspended from his post on Sunday.
11th Bangladesh Denim Expo to focus on responsibility
Dhaka, Oct 27 (UNB) - The eleventh edition of Bangladesh Denim Expo, an international exposition to promote Bangladeshi denim goods, will focus on driving the country’s denim industry towards the direction of responsibility, organizers said on Sunday.
BNP deeply worried about Khaleda’s ‘falling health’
Dhaka, Oct 27 (UNB) – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday voiced deep concern over the life of their party chairperson Khaleda Zia as what he said her condition is now very ‘critical’ and she might ‘not recover’.
Saudi Arabia deports 373 Bangladeshi workers in 24 hrs
Dhaka, Oct 27 (UNB) - Saudi Arabia forcibly sent back 373 Bangladeshi workers in 24 hours though the deportees claimed that they had all the legal documents.
21 DSCC councillors served show-cause notices for skipping meetings
Dhaka, Oct 27 (UNB) – Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has issued show-cause notices on 19 councillors from general wards and two from reserved seats for being absent in over three board meetings.
Local solar module manufactures place 7-point demand
Dhaka, Oct 27 (UNB) - Country’s solar module manufactures have placed a 7-point demand, including introduction of 30 percent mandatory quota system for the use of local products in the public projects.
Placing the demands, the leaders of Solar Module Manufacturers Association (SMMAB), a representing body of the sector, said their industry has grown up to a level that they can now meet the entire demand of the country.
“But if there’s no policy support from the government, many manufacturers will be discouraged to continue their growth,” said Munawar Moin, president of the SMMAB, while addressing a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday.
He, however, thanked the government for its support with cash incentives for PV module exports, but said currently, they have been facing an uneven competition at home for imported panels without maintaining any standard and quality.
Golam Baki Masud, general secretary of the SMMAB, read out a statement and placed the demands of the association while other leaders of the organisation were present on the occasion.
The other points of the demand include setting up a testing lab for solar panels and other related products, expediting the government’s move to replace 1.34 million diesel-run irrigation pumps with solar-run ones, and rollout of annual target-based rooftop solar on all government facilities, planned rollout of mini grid in identified 1000 villages where grid electricity will not reach, 10-15 years bank loan at 5 percent interest rate as green industry, regular stakeholder meeting at ministries concerned in every three months, ensuring at least 15 percent duty gap between import of raw materials and finished products, incorporating representatives of SMMAB in different committees of Sreda and other ministries concerned, and financial incentives for users of solar power.
The leaders said some nine companies are now having capacity to produce solar panels equivalent to about 100 MW against the current annual demand of similar level.
In this case, due to the uneven competition from cheap importers for panels from China and India, some of the companies either keep their production capacity unutilized or some use the capacity to export their products.