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MNA Editorial Desk: Sundarbans, a magnificent and unique ecosystem of the world, faces an existential question today with a coal power plant to be set up at Rampal. It has been a content of discord between environmentalists and those who are pushing the plant. Both sides are giving out their own arguments in favour of and against the plant to be set up within 14km of the mangrove forest. The recent capsizing of a coal carrying ship in the Sundarbans has raised the stakes on the assessment being carried out by UNESCO on the Rampal power plant. Located on the ...

MNA Editorial Desk: A half day strike (from 6:00am to 2:00pm) was observed at Dhaka City with clashes between the protesters of Rampal coal-based power plant project and the police at Shahbag, Mirpur, Kamalapur and several other places. The strike was called by the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resource, Power and Port. A rally of the protesters started from Shahbag early in the morning as it moved around TSC, Secretariat and then ended at Press Club. A conference at the end of the rally was held at Press Club presided by Dr. Anu Mohammad, President of the ...