Today, oil and gas body begins road March.

Moloy Saha

Das nationale Komitee zum Schutz von Öl, Gas, Bodenschätze, macht und Ports beginnt seine dreitägige Dhaka–Chittagong Road March heute drängt der sieben-Punkte-Forderungen, einschließlich das Abwracken von den Deal mit ConocoPhillips für Kohlenwasserstoff-Exploration in zwei Offshore-Gasfeld in den Golf von Bengalen.

Die Demonstranten, in drei Busse, werden für Chittagong heute Morgen nach der Abhaltung einer Kundgebung vor der National Press Club auf 10:00 gestartet.

Koordinator der Organisation, wird die Rallye Scheich Muhammad Shaheedullah vorstehen. Akademiker Serajul Islam Choudhury und Akmal Hossain, Kolumnist Syed Abul-Moksud, die Organisation Mitglied Sekretär Anu Muhammad und Führer der linksgerichteten politischen Parteien werden auch sprechen. Der Marsch erreichen Comilla heute nach Kundgebungen auf dem Weg Sonargaon, Daudkandi und Chandina halten. Die Demonstranten verlassen Comilla Dienstag Morgen und Kundgebungen in Feni, Chauddagam und Mirsarai.

Am dritten Tag am Mittwoch werden die Demonstranten verlassen Mirsarai am Morgen und halten eine Kundgebung in Sitakundu vor die letzte Rallye in Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong halten.

Shadeedullah und Anu in einer Presseerklärung, ausgestellt am Sonntag fordert die Menschen um die Programme erfolgreich.

Sie forderten die Verschrottung der Modell-Produktion und teilen Vertrag 2008 und fordert die Regierung nicht, die Herstellung und den Austausch Vertrag 2011 für Kohlenwasserstoff-Exploration in onshore Gas Bereichen auszuarbeiten. Sie behaupteten, dass das Energieministerium von multinationalen Unternehmen kontrolliert wurde und einige Ministerialbeamte wurden im Sinne der ausländischen Unternehmen dienen.

Die Organisation hält 'eine großen Kundgebung' in Dhaka am 30. November nach einem Marsch auf das Sunetra Gas-Feld im Oktober und einer nationalen Konvention im November.

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Signing of IGA with Russia on N-power plants today

The government will sign an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) with Russia today (Wednesday) for construction of two nuclear power plants with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts (mw) each at Rooppur in Pabna.

"All is now set for signing the IGA with Russia in Dhaka to construct the country's first nuclear power plant," State Minister for Science and Information & Communication Technology Yeafesh Osman told the FE Tuesday.

Under the proposed IGA, Bangladesh will initially construct one 1,000 mw nuclear power plant with Russian assistance, said Mr. Osman.

There will also be provision for building another 1,000 mw nuclear power plant under the IGA, he said.

Director General of Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) Sergey Kirienko will sign the IGA on behalf of Russia, while Yeafesh Osman will sign the deal for Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the IGA signing ceremony, to be held at her office in the morning.

"We are going to sign the IGA with Russia to move forward as per plan building the nuclear power plants," the minister said.

The work on installation of the first plant will begin in 2012 as per plan, he added.

Construction of the nuclear power plants will help ensure availability of electricity at affordable cost.

The government has planned to build the Rooppur nuclear power plant as part of its mega plan to generate 20,000 mw of electricity by 2021, said the state minister.

Bangladesh's overall electricity generation is now hovering around 5,000 mw against the demand for over 6,500 mw.

"The government wants to complete construction of at least one 1,000 mw nuclear power plant by 2018," Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission Chairman ASM Firoz said.

It might cost around US$ 1.5-$2.0 billion to build the power plant, he said.

Bangladesh has planned to build the nuclear power plants utilising the latest available technology ensuring safety and security as the topmost priority, he said.

Earlier on February 24 last, Bangladesh and Russia initiated an agreement to install the nuclear power plant at Rooppur in Pabna, some 200 kilometers off Dhaka city.

Bangladesh also signed a five-year framework agreement with Russia in May 2010 followed by a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2009 for building the Rooppur nuclear power plant.

Local scientists also visited Russia several times and saw nuclear power plants to gather ideas about those.

Under the already agreed negotiation, Rosatom will supply necessary fuel for the reactors during its life-term and take back spent fuel.

Russia will also manage nuclear waste and help decommissioning of the nuclear power plant in future, under the deal.

Science and ICT Ministry of Bangladesh will act as the Competent Authority of the government, while BAEC will work as the customer of the proposed nuclear power plant project.

For Russia, Rosatom will act as the Competent Authority to implement the project.

Bangladesh and Russia have also agreed to set up a joint coordinating committee.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) allowed Bangladesh to install nuclear power plants in 2007.

Country's unprecedented electricity supply crunch has prompted Bangladesh to undertake installation of its first nuclear power plant reviving around half-a-century old Rooppur nuclear power plant project.

The plan to construct the Rooppur nuclear power plant project was initiated by erstwhile Pakistan government in 1961.

Some 105.30 hectares of land were subsequently acquired for the project site and 12.15 hectares for the residential colony.

The then executive committee of the National Economic Council also had approved the project having three different capacities - 70 MW in 1963, 140 MW in 1966, and 200 MW in 1969.

But after the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971 there has been no headway in setting up of nuclear of power plant at Rooppur until the previous caretaker government moved afresh in 2007.

Source: thefinancialexpress-bd.com

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NCC goes to the polls today under tight security

All eyes are now on Narayanganj, City Corporation as the newly-formed to the vote today (Sunday) goes under tight security.

The Election Commission (EC) has all kinds of preparation, necessary equipment such as ballot boxes and electronic voting machines (EVMs) send the polling centres.

The elections the country get a mayor and Councillors of his seventh City Corporation. A total of six candidates will be contested for the mayoral post and 250 other contenders for the post of town councils.

After a last-minute drama about deployment of the army,.

Police and rapid action battalion (RAB) have been around 163 retrieve centres implemented in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) to smooth and fair elections to ensure.

More than 430,000 people are to their voice, by more than 1,500 booths set up by the European Commission in 27 NCC stations to choose administrators of the City Corporation.

Ballot boxes, EVMs and other materials were that sent points each vote in the morning, while several teams of Bill patrol areas of the NCC were seen, maintain peace and order before the quoted elections.

In the meantime the campaign for the polls midnight arrived officially to end of Friday after an air of uncertainty the EC announced, that provided no troops for the elections.

Voters have tried foolproof panic precautions of the authorities so that they can directly peacefully exercise their right to vote.

The EC has identified 126 polling centres as prone to violence, which have been taken in the tight security measures, the returning officer who said Narayanganj Biswas Lutfur Rahman, adding that the voters their choice franchise through EVMs in 58 centres.

"Posts already check Elf was set up at various strategic points, and the police officers led also seek in various key areas to the elections free and fair", he added.

Commander of RAB legal & media wing M Sohail said that some of the 1,400 RAB men in the areas of NCC, to back the confidence of the people in the polls have been provided.

"This is to force the largest to cover every single election ever deployment of the elite." We the polls peacefully at all costs will hold, "he said, her voice without fear urged voters."

Dog squad and bomb disposal units of RAB reached also NCC to check any possible criminal activity, as feared by a key participant of the polls.

Taimur remain

in the race

UNB adds: their candidate Taimur Alam Khan Dacian asked BNP in the race to stay, for the mayoral, although the party will not vote feels free and fair in the absence of the army post in the elections.

Addressing a press conference at party headquarters Saturday morning, BNP Deputy Abdullah Al Noman asked me, is why the EC keeps the choice of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), which supposedly the Government violated the Constitution no cooperation with them in the deployment of the army.

He mentioned that the CEC that the Commission is not responsible has said if problems break out during the elections. "If so, why the Commission considers that the choice?" he asked.

Noman said that the Commission has used a letter to the Government, the deployment of the army.

Source: thefinancialexpress-bd.com

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International trade fair starts today

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The Dhaka international trade fair, a greatest annual traffic eventuality of a country, is currently starting to proceed (Saturday) to showcase a far reaching operation of internal as well as unfamiliar products.

The Carlyle minister, Sheikh Hasina, will establish a 16th month-long DITF in a belligerent diagonally opposite to a Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

Jan any year a Ministry of Commerce as well as export promotion Bureau mutually organize a a utterly in which satisfactory couple from home of companies of a as well as abroad participate.

Three novelties have been featured in this year's fair: a pavilion temperament a pretension 'A small time with Bangabandhu', 5,200 block feet of landscaping only outward a satisfactory ground as well as display a satisfactory live upon large screens by online video in thirteen spots in Dhaka as well as 10 spots in critical districts opposite a country.

The Bangladeshi exhibitors will showcase a country's trade products to visitors from abroad.

The far reaching operation of products which have been starting to be displayed embody woven panoply as well as knitwear, jute as well as jute products, solidified foods, tanned hide as well as tanned hide goods, footwear, handicrafts, agro-based products, light engineering products, ceramic tableware textiles as well as weave products, domicile appliances, pharmaceuticals, containing alkaline products, machinery, equipments as well as materials for cultivation as well as gardening, cosmetics, dairy products as well as equipment, electrical as well as electronic items, foodstuff as well as groceries, present as well as newness items, furniture, structure materials, sports goods, spotless ware, toys, stationeries, watches, clocks as well as jewellery.

' All a basic work has been finished for land a satisfactory successfully' claimed custom apportion Faruk Khan whilst addressing a press lecture upon Friday.

He pronounced which a reply from both internal as well as abroad entrepreneurs has been improved this year than a prior year. The series of visitors to a satisfactory additionally be aloft will this year, he hoped.

He pronounced which a satisfactory has a sum of 486 pavilions as well as stalls, together with 32 from thirteen unfamiliar countries.

He pronounced which a DITF 2011, which will finish upon 31 January, would embrace some more mark trade orders from unfamiliar buyers than in alternate years. The mark orders to DIFT 2010 were value TK 22.86 crore, crore in DITF-2009 TK 19.91 as well as in DITF 2008 TK 2.06 crore.

He pronounced which a DITF-2011 would have 5 special pavilions, 5 premier pavilions, 4 premier mini-pavilions, 62 ubiquitous pavilions, 54 mini general pavilions, 35 premier stalls as well as 321 stalls.

Besides, a satisfactory will have twenty-two kiosks dispensing drinks, 4 mom as well as caring centres kid, twelve restaurants as well as 5 ice cream outlets.

The unfamiliar countries which have been participating have been Pakistan, India, China, Iran, South Korea, Thailand, USA, Turkey, Singapore, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Malaysia as well as a United Arab Emirates.

Pakistan has 10 of a unfamiliar pavilions as well as stalls, India 5, China, Iran, South Korea, USA, Turkey as well as Singapore dual each Thailand Japan, KSA, Malaysia as well as UAE each a single.

The satisfactory will sojourn open from 10 am compartment 10 pm. Visitors will have to compensate an entrance price of TK fifteen any time they go to a fair.

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