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BPDB supplies record 16,233MW power

Bangladesh Power Development Board today supplied a record 16,233 megawatts of electricity as power demand increased due to a country-wide heatwave. The record was set at 9:00pm tonight, read a press release issued by the Power Division. BPDB’s last year’s record was 15,648MW on April 19.

Human rights issues in Bangladesh

The US will continue to express concerns on the fundamental human rights issues in Bangladesh including the freedom of the press and freedom of association and urge the government to uphold those, said a senior US State Department official. Robert S Gilchrist, senior official in the US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and […]