Payra Thermal(তাপীয়) Power Plant set to

resume(পুনরারম্ভ করা) ops

পায়রা থার্মাল পাওয়ার প্ল্যান্ট আবার চালু করতে চলেছে

"We hope we can resume operation of the plant early on June 25," Engr. AM Khurshedul Alam,
managing director of Bangladesh-China Power Company (Pvt.) Limited (BCPCL), told UNB.

The BCPCL, a joint venture of Bangladesh's state-owned North-West Power Generation

Company Limited and Chinese state-owned China National Machinery Import & Export
Corporation (CMC), is the owner and operator of the 1320 MW Payra coal-fired power plant.

A ship carrying 41,327 metric tonnes of coal arrived at Payra Port yesterday – 18 days after the
thermal power plant stopped electricity generation due to coal shortage.

Four more coal-carrying ships will arrive at Payra in the first week of July, according to plant
officials.

The country's largest thermal power plant, Payra, completely shut down on June 5 due to coal
shortage.

Due to failure in paying the outstanding(অনাদায়ী) bills of $390 million, caused by dollar
shortage, production of a unit of the power plant was halted(সাময়িক নিবৃত্তি) on May 25 as the
companies involved stopped supplying coal.

Four more coal-carrying ships will arrive at Payra in the first week of July, according to plant
officials.

The country's largest thermal power plant, Payra, completely shut down on June 5 due to coal
shortage.
World Tourism Day: Bandarban celebrates
with marathon1 and procession(শোভাযাত্রা)
People of Bandarban celebrated World Tourism Day today by participating in a mini marathon
and bringing out a colourful procession in the district town.
Fifty-four people including those from indigenous(আদিবাসী) communities took part in the
12-kilometre race arranged by the Bandarban Hill District Council, our local
correspondent(সংবাদদাতা) reports.
The race started from Bandarban University around 6:45am and ended in the Rajar Math
ground.

Kyhlaching Marma won the marathon, Abdullah Noman secured the second position while
Ushainung Marma finished third.

Special awards were given to the first 13 male and six female runners in the competition.

Abdul Al Noman, chief executive officer of the hill district council, and its member Siong Mro
were present at the event.

Apart(ছাড়া) from the competition, indigenous people brought out a colourful procession under
the banner of "Tourism & Green Investments" from Bangabandhu Square in the town around
9:30am.

Aminul Islam Bachchu, member of the Tourism Day Celebration Committee team and president
of the Bandarban Press Club, said they celebrated the World Tourism Day 2023 with the slogan
of "Environmentally-friendly Investment in Tourism".

In addition(এছাড়াও), Bangabandhu Mukta Mancha will celebrate the tourism day

exhibiting(প্রদর্শনী) different food items from different indigenous communities of the hill areas. A
discussion programme will also be held to build awareness about the tourism in the locality.

1
a long journey taken on foot by the Greek messenger Pheidippides, from the battlefields of Marathon to
Athens in 490 BCE.