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Archive for January, 2011


   Jan 28

Eco-tourism First Township in Indonesia Has More Than 400 Homes

The first village eco-tourism has developed in a joint venture with Habitat for Humanity Indonesia Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) came up with some of the most beautiful temples in ancient Indonesia. According to a report in the ETN, the project around the village of gravel, which is located near the famous temple of Prambanan, [...]

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   Jan 25

India Plans Power Lines Across Bangladesh

Agartala, Oct 2 (IANS) India is explore the opportunity of structure power lines through the power of Bangladesh and provide power between the north-east and other parts of India, Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Sunday. “We should be very cooperative projects to meet the mounting needs of electricity as well as in [...]

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   Jan 19

The Economics of LNG Importation

It is sarcastic that Bangladesh, which was believed to be coffers of natural gas liquids, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last Sunday with Qatar to import liquefied natural gas (LNG). The already expressed its intention in the memorandum of agreement to import the first four million tonnes of LNG per year from Qatar, [...]

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   Jan 12

5 Ecotourism Sites Information

Forestry Commission, through its Management Support Centre (RMSC), has developed five southern dry forest reserves in the Winneba forest site District Community eco-tourism. Reserves are Ahirasu number one and two, Akrabong, and Obotumfo Abasomba, all in Awutu Senya district. They are officially designated globally significant biodiversity areas because of their low levels of biodiversity in [...]

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   Jan 05

800 Soldiers Face Bangladesh Rebellion Earshot

800 soldiers from Bangladesh in court Wednesday on charges of murder and other serious crimes during a bloody revolt in 2009, where dozens of officers were massacred. During the uprising, which lasted about 30 hours, 74 people, including 57 senior army officers, were killed in a military base in the capital Dhaka. The Bangladesh Rifles [...]

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