VC of Dhaka University Prof . Dr. Akhtaruzzaman along with others at a ceremony in Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury auditorium of the university on Saturday in observance of Dance department of the university.sp NN photo

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Underground power substations’ approval denied for high cost

Anisul Islam Noor :Two underground sub-station projects of DPDC and DESCO for Dhaka city have been denied as the Planning Commission refused to approve such plans for their nearly five times higher costs than that of the usual ones.The officials of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources feel proud for such a step to rich-country practice of having underground power-transmission system. The underground sub-station plans fell in complexity after Planning Commission gave negative opinion, they said.The Commission has...

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