BEZA, Yabang Group ink land lease deal

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) on Tuesday inked a land lease agreement with Jiangsu Yabang Dyestuff, China, a concern of the Yabang Investment Holdings Group Co Limited, at BEZA office in the city for 100 acres developed land, reports BSS.Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Secretary Md Tofazzel Hossain Miah attended the agreement signing ceremony as the chief guest while BEZA Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury was in the chair.Chairman of the Yabang Group Xu Xiaochu joined the function as the special guest through online while Bangladesh Ambassador to China Mahbub Uz Zaman joined it as the guest of honour.BEZA Executive Member (Planning and Development) Irfan Sarif and Deputy Director of the Yabang Investment Holding Group Wei Zhu inked the agreement on behalf of their respective sides.In his speech, Tofazzel Hossain Miah welcomed the Yabang Group for the investment and said the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is committed to provide all sor...

GE to provide advanced gas turbine technology for Reliance BD

BP Business Desk General Electric (GE) announced that it will be providing its advanced gas turbine technology upgrade Advanced Gas Path (AGP) for the upcoming Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Ltd.’s 718-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant in Meghnaghat, Bangladesh. Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Ltd. is a joint venture between India’s Reliance Power and Japan’s JERA. Built by Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) group Samsung C&T, Meghnaghat ...

Bourses sustain gaining steak

Stocks on Tuesday sustained the gaining streak for the eighth consecutive sessions as investors continued their buying binge on selective large-cap issues after unveiling an expansionary monetary policy, reports BSS.DSEX...

US envoy visits BWDB office

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller paid a courtesy call on AM Aminul Haque, Director General of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) while visiting BWDB’s Motijheel head office on Tuesday, stated a press release.At that time, he observed the steps taken to reach the flood warnings, issued by BWDB’s Flood Forecasting and Warning Center, to public. Earlier, BWDB Director General welcomed the Ambassador and informed him of the flood situation in the country as well as in Dhaka metropolis.  He was also briefed on the joint efforts of the U.S. space agency NASA and the University of Washington to improve BWDB’s flood forecasting system.The Ambassador expressed satisfaction over the ongoing efforts to extend the medium-term (10-day potential) forecast to the co...

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England wary of slow start against Pakistan

England know another sluggish start to a Test campaign could prove costly as they go in search of a first series win over Pakistan in a decade, reports AFP.Wednesday sees a three-match contest get underway with the first Test at Old Trafford.And while England can point to recent series victories over most of their rivals, their last such success against Pakistan was back in 2010.That campaign, however, was overshadowed by a ‘spot-fixing’ scandal at Lord’s which led to bans and jail terms for then Pakistan captain Salman Butt as well as pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.England have lost the first Test in eight of their last 10 series — including during last month’s 2-1 win over the West Indies that marked international cricket’s return from the coronavirus lockdown.It is a statistic they are all well aware of, with in-form England pacemen Chris Woakes admitting: “I’d love to be able to put my finger on it and I’m sure the management and the team would as well.“It’s not coincidence but it’s almost, it is just a coincidence that we can keep losing that first Test match.“But we want to put that right,” he added, with the eyes of the global cricket community set to turn to Manchester in the absence of any other major international fixtures outside of England amid the pandemic.Both of Pakistan’s past two series in England — 2016 and 2018 — ended in draws, which should encourage the tourists this time even though they go into the first Test on the back of just a couple of i...

Post-Eid waste management

The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country on Saturday with due solemnity, religious fervor and zeal. On the occasion, Muslims across...

Tigers on the verge of extinction

In a bid to raise public awareness to save the Bengal tigers, the International Tiger Day was observed yesterday with the theme ‘Let's increase our Tigers’. Tiger population is declining alarmingly in the Bangladesh part of the Sundar...

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