Recently added articles from The New Nation (Dhaka, India):
Barapukuria plant: Electricity generation drops by one-third.
May 31, 2009 ... Dhaka, May 31 -- Electricity production from the country's lone coal-based power plant at Barapukuria has dropped by one-third for not overhauling two units of the plant since its installation in 2005, sources in the Power Development Board said. The Barapukura coal-based Power ...
Gen Moeen visis cyclone-hit areas.
May 31, 2009 ... Dhaka, May 31 -- State Minister for Labour and Employment Ministry Begum Monnujan Sufian, Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Mayor Talukdar Abdul Khalek and Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed yesterday visited different cyclone-hit areas in Shymnagar upazila and distributed relief materials. ...
Rivers must be protected from pollution.
May 31, 2009 ... Dhaka, May 31 -- Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate said floating hospital can play an important role in providing the poor people in char and remote areas with healthcare, as he visited one of its kind in the Buriganga yesterday. "Many people of char and remote areas are deprived of ...
Dawood Merchant, his associates on remand: Mafia don eyes Bangladesh network.
May 31, 2009 ... Dhaka, May 31 -- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner AKM Shahidul Huq yesterday said, Abdur Rauf Dawood Merchant entered Bangladesh to establish network for Indian don Dawood Ibrahim. A Dhaka court yesterday gave police eight days to grill Indian fugitive Abdur Rauf ...
Tribute paid to Zia.
May 31, 2009 ... Dhaka, May 31 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday observed 28th death anniversary of shaheed president Ziaur Rahman, founder of the party in a befitting manner. BNP chairperson and leader of the opposition Begum Khaleda Zia along with large number of leaders and ...