DHAKA: The World Bank has approved US$ 300mil( RM1. 36bil) to help Bangladesh improve the efficiency of gas distribution and end-use through prepaid metering systems for residential and industrial consumers and reduce methane emissions along the natural gas value chain. The Gas Sector Efficiency Improvement and Carbon Abatement Project will address natural gas leakage and losses along the gas transmission and distribution network, reduce wastage in use by residential and industrial users, and st

DHAKA: The World Bank has approved US$ 300mil( RM1. 36bil) to help Bangladesh improve the efficiency of gas distribution and end-use through prepaid metering systems for residential and industrial consumers and reduce methane emissions along the natural gas value chain. The Gas Sector Efficiency Improvement and Carbon Abatement Project will address natural gas leakage and losses along the gas transmission and distribution network, reduce wastage in use by residential and industrial users, and st

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi man in his 80s has been reunited with his nearly 100-year-old mother after about 70 years thanks to social media. Abdul Kuddus Munsi was sent to live with his uncle when he was about 10, but lost touch with his family after running away and being adopted by two sisters.“ This is the happiest day of my life, ” the 82-year-old said from Brahmanbaria, the eastern border district where he was born in 1939.In April a businessman posted a video of Kuddus on Facebook, appealing for

The appellate division halted the new ruling for four weeks on Wednesday, but that did not quell the demonstrations. Protesting students blocked entry and exit points as well as key intersections in Dhaka, one of the world’s most crowded cities, causing major traffic congestion.... Student leaders say those quotas are among many that are unacceptable now.In 2018, students across the country staged demonstrations against the existing quota system, which guaranteed that quota holders would get mo