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Battery Boom Drives Bangladesh Lead Poisoning Epidemic
More than four million rickshaws are found on Bangladeshi roads and authorities estimate the market for fitting them all with electric motors and batteries at around $870 million.
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Nepal, India, Bangladesh Sign Pact For Cross-Border Electricity Trade
Nepal, India and Bangladesh on Thursday signed a long-awaited tripartite agreement to facilitate cross-border electricity trade, officials here said.
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Bangladesh's Power Demand Rises 7% Amid Protests And Economic Halt
Bangladesh's electricity demand grew 7% over three weeks of deadly nationwide protests that disrupted industrial and commercial activity, data showed, as households cranked up air-conditioners to cool down amid searing heat.
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Cyclone Remal Devastates Bangladesh, 10 Killed, Over 30,000 Homes Destroyed
The death count from a cyclone that smashed into low-lying areas of Bangladesh has risen to at least 10 people, with more than 30,000 homes destroyed and tens of thousands more damaged, top local officials said Monday.
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Cash-Strapped Bangladesh Shuts Power Plant As Heatwave Hits
Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant Monday because it was unable to afford the coal to fuel it, as a sweltering heatwave creates surging electricity demand.
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Nearly All Of Bangladesh Without Electricity After Grid Failure
At least 130 million people in Bangladesh were without power on Tuesday afternoon after a grid failure caused widespread blackouts, the government's power utility company said.
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Omega Seiki Mobility Sets Up EV Manufacturing Plant In Bangladesh
The company plans to invest Rs. 100 crore in the electric vehicle manufacturing unit in Bangladesh for domestic and export markets.
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12 Dead As Cyclone Amphan Batters Bengal, Buildings Damaged In Kolkata
Cyclone Amphan, one of the worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years, pounded Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday, destroying thousands of houses, damaging buildings, uprooting trees, electricity poles and killing at 10 to 12 people in Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the impact of Amphan was worse than the coronavirus pandemic and claimed...
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Mahindra e2o Plus To Be Phased Out Soon
Mahindra Electric will be soon end the production of its fully-electric hatchback, the Mahindra e2o Plus. A company spokesperson told us that the main reason for phasing out the model is because the car doesn't meet the new safety norms that will come into play later this year in October 2019. Furthermore, Mahindra Electric is already working on a ...
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By 2100, North India Could Face Deadly Heatwaves, Warns Study
India, along with Pakistan and Bangladesh, could face unsurvivable temperatures and deadly heatwaves within the next eight decades, warns a study by the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The areas likely to be hardest hit by the year 2100 are north India, Bangladesh and southern Pakistan, home to nearly 1.5 billion people...
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India-Bangladesh Ties Example Of Neighbourly Relations: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India and Bangladesh have set an example of how neighbouring countries can build a relationship with each other.
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Blackout Hits Bangladesh as Power Line From India Fails
A nationwide power blackout hit Bangladesh today when a transmission line supplying electricity from India broke down.
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Bangladesh Hit by Electricity Blackout
Bangladesh's state power company says the country has been hit with an electricity blackout after a transmission line bringing power from neighboring India failed.
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After 'Chota Pakistan', now a 'Bangladesh' in Thane
Weeks after an electricity bill from Thane's Nallasopara slum colony brought a 'Chota Pakistan' to light, a birth certificate issued to a resident from Gandhinagar locality in Mira-Bhayander, has revealed a settlement called 'Bangladesh Zopadpatti'.
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World Cup 'power riots' worry Dhaka
Bangladesh has ordered electricity companies to show World Cup matches on generator-powered public screens in a bid to prevent protests by irate fans.
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Battery Boom Drives Bangladesh Lead Poisoning Epidemic
More than four million rickshaws are found on Bangladeshi roads and authorities estimate the market for fitting them all with electric motors and batteries at around $870 million.
-
Nepal, India, Bangladesh Sign Pact For Cross-Border Electricity Trade
Nepal, India and Bangladesh on Thursday signed a long-awaited tripartite agreement to facilitate cross-border electricity trade, officials here said.
-
Bangladesh's Power Demand Rises 7% Amid Protests And Economic Halt
Bangladesh's electricity demand grew 7% over three weeks of deadly nationwide protests that disrupted industrial and commercial activity, data showed, as households cranked up air-conditioners to cool down amid searing heat.
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Cyclone Remal Devastates Bangladesh, 10 Killed, Over 30,000 Homes Destroyed
The death count from a cyclone that smashed into low-lying areas of Bangladesh has risen to at least 10 people, with more than 30,000 homes destroyed and tens of thousands more damaged, top local officials said Monday.
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Cash-Strapped Bangladesh Shuts Power Plant As Heatwave Hits
Cash-strapped Bangladesh shut its biggest power plant Monday because it was unable to afford the coal to fuel it, as a sweltering heatwave creates surging electricity demand.
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Nearly All Of Bangladesh Without Electricity After Grid Failure
At least 130 million people in Bangladesh were without power on Tuesday afternoon after a grid failure caused widespread blackouts, the government's power utility company said.
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Omega Seiki Mobility Sets Up EV Manufacturing Plant In Bangladesh
The company plans to invest Rs. 100 crore in the electric vehicle manufacturing unit in Bangladesh for domestic and export markets.
-
12 Dead As Cyclone Amphan Batters Bengal, Buildings Damaged In Kolkata
Cyclone Amphan, one of the worst storms over the Bay of Bengal in years, pounded Bengal and Odisha on Wednesday, destroying thousands of houses, damaging buildings, uprooting trees, electricity poles and killing at 10 to 12 people in Bengal. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the impact of Amphan was worse than the coronavirus pandemic and claimed...
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Mahindra e2o Plus To Be Phased Out Soon
Mahindra Electric will be soon end the production of its fully-electric hatchback, the Mahindra e2o Plus. A company spokesperson told us that the main reason for phasing out the model is because the car doesn't meet the new safety norms that will come into play later this year in October 2019. Furthermore, Mahindra Electric is already working on a ...
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By 2100, North India Could Face Deadly Heatwaves, Warns Study
India, along with Pakistan and Bangladesh, could face unsurvivable temperatures and deadly heatwaves within the next eight decades, warns a study by the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The areas likely to be hardest hit by the year 2100 are north India, Bangladesh and southern Pakistan, home to nearly 1.5 billion people...
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India-Bangladesh Ties Example Of Neighbourly Relations: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India and Bangladesh have set an example of how neighbouring countries can build a relationship with each other.
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Blackout Hits Bangladesh as Power Line From India Fails
A nationwide power blackout hit Bangladesh today when a transmission line supplying electricity from India broke down.
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Bangladesh Hit by Electricity Blackout
Bangladesh's state power company says the country has been hit with an electricity blackout after a transmission line bringing power from neighboring India failed.
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After 'Chota Pakistan', now a 'Bangladesh' in Thane
Weeks after an electricity bill from Thane's Nallasopara slum colony brought a 'Chota Pakistan' to light, a birth certificate issued to a resident from Gandhinagar locality in Mira-Bhayander, has revealed a settlement called 'Bangladesh Zopadpatti'.
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World Cup 'power riots' worry Dhaka
Bangladesh has ordered electricity companies to show World Cup matches on generator-powered public screens in a bid to prevent protests by irate fans.
