Councilor of 33 No. Ward of DSCC Hazi Awal Hossain, among others, at the Sakrain Festival organised by Dhakabashi in the city’s Agasadek Road on Thursday.

Activists demand to stop Japan-funded coal power plant in Moheshkhali

News Desk :Japan should stop funding the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh as the emissions it produces will accelerate global warming and put the low-lying country at greater risk of climate-change impacts, youth activists said on Friday.Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp, along with Toshiba and IHI Corporation, is building the Matarbari power plant in Moheshkhali near the southeastern coastal town of Cox’s Bazar, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).Climate campaigners said the project contradicts Japan’s...

30 Jan 2022, 12:00 am