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  Barapukuria Coal Mining Company (BCMCL) , operator of the first and sole coal mine of Bangladesh, has reported a decrease of 13% in annual coal production during FY19. The company recorded 805,695.63 MT coal output in FY19 as against 923,276.08 MT in FY18, thus attaining its lowest total in past 4 fiscals. Primarily envisaged to cater the coal requirement of thermal plant set up by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), Barapukuria coal was also sold to local buyers at approved price by the board keeping consistency with the international market.[1] However, in order to augment coal supplies to the thermal plant, Bangladeshi government has ceased selling of Barakupuria coal to local buyers since 19 Mar’18. The gradual affect of the decision resulted in a 5% increase in coal supplies to BPDB’s plant to 828,736.77 MT in FY19, while sale to local industries was merely reduced to 894.19 MT in FY19 as against 274,144.79 MT in FY18, because no supplies were made to them ever since...

Had the British claimed the port city for carrying out East India Company’s operations, Chattogram might not have been what it is today  The East India Company convoy. Illustration: Nicholas Pocock/ Wikimedia Commons "The most famous and wealthy city of the Kingdom of Bengal" - these are the words Portuguese historian João de Barros used to describe Chattogram in the 16th century. From ancient times, this port city has been a center of attraction for the traders due to its natural harbour. No wonder that the East India Company initially wanted it as its Bengal headquarter. Chattogram could have been the Company's Bengal headquarter, if Job Charnock had not chosen Kolkata. After all, unlike Charnock, many English agents had their eyes on the city for a long time. However, establishing the Bengal headquarter in Kolkata was not a simple event. In fact, a chain of events prompted it. For a long time, the East India Company, a British joint stock company "...headquartere...