Bangladesh today announced Offshore Bidding 2024 to accelerate oil and gas exploration.
A press conference organized by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on "Oil and Natural Gas Exploration Under Bangladesh Offshore Bidding Round 2024", was held at Petrobangla Auditorium.
Prime Minister Advisor on Electricity, Energy and Mineral Resources, Taufiq-e-Ilahi Chowdhury was present at the press conference as the chief guest where State minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid attended as the special guest.
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) and the JSC Foreign Economic Corporation Prodintorg under the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to import essential items.
TCB Chairman Brigadier General M Ariful Hasan and General Director of Prodintorg Andrey Golovanov inked the instrument on behalf of their respective sides at the commerce ministry conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat, said an official release.
State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Mantysky, Commerce Ministry senior Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh and high officials concerned were present, among others, on the occasion.
Sammilito Parishad, led by Seha Designs BD Ltd managing director SM Mannan Kochi, on Saturday won the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) biennial elections for 2024-26 decisively, bagging all 35 directorship posts.
Under Sammilito Parishad and Forum, a total of 70 candidates took part in the elections held on Saturday in Dhaka and Chittagong.
Election officials said that a total of 2,226 BGMEA members exercised their voting rights out of 2,496 eligible members in the elections. Of them, 1,839 voted in Dhaka and 387 in Chittagong.
Sammilito Parishad bagged all 35 out of 35 seats, making history.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today conferred the “Best Joyeeta Award-2023” to five women in recognition of attaining success in different fields at the national level by overcoming difficulties and challenges.
The Premier handed over the award as the chief guest at a function in the city Osmani Memorial Auditorium, marking International Women Day-2024.
The best awardees are Anar Koli (economics), Kallyani Minji (education and employment), Komoli Robi Dash (successful mother), Jahanara Begum (repression prevention), and Pakhi Dutta Hijra (social development).
With State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simeen Hussain (Rimi) in the chair, Secretary of the Ministry Nazma Mobarek delivered the welcome address.