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  PM asks authorities to expand number of fast track projects

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 10:28pm on January 19, 2020

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that more development initiatives alongside the existing 10 mega ones should be incorporated as fast track projects as...

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  UK looks to offshore wind for green energy transition

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:20pm on January 19, 2020

  Britain, a global leader in offshore wind energy, plans to make the sector one of the pillars of its transition to carbon neutrality in the...

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  Tourism master plan formulation begins

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 10:12pm on January 19, 2020

  The government on Sunday formally launched the formulation of the much-awaited ‘Tourism Master Plan’ for the next 20 years, aspiring to turn the travel and...

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  Farmer fury, environmental anger in protest-hit Germany

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 12:00am on January 19, 2020

  From grumpy bee-keepers dumping honey on politicians’ doorsteps to furious farmers holding up traffic, increasing tensions between farmers and environmentalists have overshadowed the opening of...

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  Maduro announces opening of cryptocurrency casino

  Agence France-Presse . Caracas | Updated at 12:00am on January 19, 2020

  Venezuela will open a casino where all bets must be placed in the country’s ailing ‘petro’ cryptocurrency, president Nicolas Maduro said on Friday, overturning a...

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  Two arrested for 12 billion password sale attempt: Dutch police

  Agence France-Presse . The Hague | Updated at 12:00am on January 19, 2020

  Police arrested two men in the Netherlands and Northern Ireland suspected of trying to sell some 12 billion stolen user names and passwords via an...

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  Farmers count cost after Australia bushfires wipe out livestock

  Agence France-Presse . Kangaroo Island | Updated at 12:00am on January 19, 2020

  In the wake of ferocious bushfires that tore through Kangaroo Island of Australia, local farmer Rick Morris has endured the gruelling task of burying 400...

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  Bangladesh economy to grow 7.8pc in FY20: UN

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:00am on January 19, 2020

  The United Nations on Saturday projected that Bangladesh’s economy would grow by 7.8 per cent in the current fiscal year of 2019-2020, lower than the...

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  US homebuilding hits 13-year high, led by apartments

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 01:52am on January 18, 2020

  Construction of new US housing shot to a 13-year high last month, government data showed on Friday, a sign that homebuilders were racing to catch...

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  Microsoft pledges to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 01:49am on January 18, 2020

  Microsoft said on Thursday that it would become ‘carbon negative’ by 2030 as part of a ramped-up effort by the United States tech giant to...