Dhaka - Russia on Wednesday offered to help Bangladesh set up hydroelectric units using river currents to ease the country's severe power crisis, an official said.
"By constructing low-height dams on rivers, it is possible to establish a number of small power plants with 10- to 20-megawatt generation in Bangladesh," Russian Ambassador Gennady P Trotsenko said after meeting with Bangladesh officials.
The envoy said a Russian delegation would visit Dhaka next month for a feasibility study of a pilot project using river currents.
Dhaka - A group of Islamists demanded Saturday that the secular law minister of Bangladesh's three-month old coalition government should resign after his reported comments that Quami Madrashas (Islamic schools) were breeding militants. "We want the minister to resign immediately, otherwise we will continue with regular protests until our demands are met," Fazlul Haq Amini, head of Islamic Law Committee formed by an alliance of radical Islamists, told a press conference.
Dhaka - Bangladesh's Awami League-led government Wednesday cancelled the lease of a residence in Dhaka awarded to former premier Khaleda Zia 27 years ago as widow of slain president Ziaur Rahman, officials said.
Dhaka - Bangladesh may request the International Criminal Court to put on trial Pakistani forces for alleged war crimes, a top official said Tuesday.
Dhaka - Security forces arrested the chief of a British charity Monday for suspected terrorism financing under the guise of operating religious schools in southern Bangladesh, officials said.
Dhaka - A Bangladeshi rights group Saturday called for recognising environmental refugees with free economic migration rights under UN covenants as it estimated some 30 million people of the South Asian country are already exposed to climate change.
