Speakers at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club on Sunday in protest against grabbing of land of farmers allegedly by Barguna-2 MP Shawkat Hasanur Rahman.

9 Oct 2017, 12:00 am0

Rickshaws to jump start India’s all-electric drive

AFP, New Delhi :India will roll out nearly 100,000 battery-powered buses and autorickshaws onto its sulphurous city streets in the coming weeks, setting it on the bumpy road to making new vehicle sales all-electric by 2030.India, one of the world’s most polluted nations, has one of the most ambitious plans to kick its fossil fuel addiction.Analysts say the target is “daunting”.Transport is a major source of India’s carbon emissions and the Greenpeace group blames at least 1.2 million deaths a...

18 Sep 2017, 12:00 am