LOOKEAST REPORT | THREE of four Chinese–backed liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plants in Rakhine State have ceased operation. The three shuttered plants are located near Kyaukphyu deep–sea port project, and operated by VPower, a Hong Kong–listed power generation company. Two of the plants ceased operation last year, and the third was shut recently after…
Read moreSPECIAL INVESTIGATION | SUBJECT – I SADIKA Jannth Choudhury a resident of Tulagram Part 2, Sonai Mukh in Cachar district of Assam. Holding Indian Passport K3920850; issued at Guwahati. As mentioned in Passport, Sadika’s date of birth is1st March 1993. Her picture in passport is casual, which is unusual. Signature is very rudimentary, appears to…
Read moreBRAHMANBARIA | THE government of Bangladesh has taken the initiative to declare the sesquicentennial house of revolutionary leader Ullaskar Dutta as an antiquities in Sarail, Brahmanbaria. In this regard, Director General of Antiquities Preservation Wing of Directorate of Archeology Chandan Kumar Dey wrote to the Deputy Commissioner of Brahmanbaria. This information was obtained from the…
Read morePRIME MINISTER Sheikh Hasina calls Rohingya immigrants a big burden on Bangladesh, wants India to take more of them. Meanwhile, Buddhist–majority Myanmar seems to have zero plans to take these Rohingya Muslims back citing security concerns because of their jihadist affiliations. Meanwhile Bangladesh junior minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said it is one…
Read moreBSS | THE coal–fired Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant at Rampal started trial operation on Saturday night, adding 660 megawatt (MW) electricity to the national grid from Unit–I. Earlier, India–Bangladesh Power Sector Cooperation, Unit–I of the 2×660 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project was successfully synchronised with the national grid on August 15, 2022 injecting…
Read moreCATHY SCOTT-CLARK / ADRIAN LEVY THEY came for him on the fifth day of the hunger strike, with bamboo truncheons drawn. He remembered the bell in the Central Tower ringing, so it must have been 11am when they ripped back the bolts. Rough hands grabbed his forearms and thighs, one warder riding on his bucking…
Read moreSWADESH RAY | ONE of the biggest events in world politics this week is the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on October 16. 2300 delegates of a political party with 10 crore party members will attend the Congress. Two–thirds of the delegates hold important positions in China’s military and civil affairs. This congress is…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | CHINESE netizens have stormed Social Media with reports that Beijing is under military seizure. The world, though, has no idea of what’s happening because the city is eventually cut off from the world. According to News Highland Vision, former Chinese President, Hu Jintao and former Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao had persuaded Song Ping, the…
Read morePTI | INDIA–Bhutan border gates at Samdrup Jhongkhar and Gelephu along the Assam frontier will reopen for tourists on September 23 for the first time since the COVID–19 outbreaks. A Bhutanese delegation, led by Tashi Penjore, the Himalayan Kingdom’s Director (law and order) of the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, held a meeting with…
Read moreDOREEN CHOWDHURY | BANGLADESH and India enjoy cooperation and warm relations in almost every area. Throughout history, both countries have also cultured an economic and trade dependency. At present both countries are experiencing high growth. To consolidate their growth and interdependency, they have embarked on signing a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, titled the Bangladesh–India Comprehensive…
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