Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani has written a letter to the Chief Adviser of the Interim government Dr. Muhammad Yunus asking him to make payment of the dues for sale of electricity to Bangladesh Power Development Board(BPDB).

On Tuesday (September 10), the Indian media Hindustan Times reported this information.

According to the report, the Indian businessman sought the intervention of the head of government in a letter to pay the 80 crore dollars owed to the Bangladesh Power Development Board.

In the letter, Gautam Adani wrote, "We are fulfilling our promises to Bangladesh, at a time when creditors are being tough on us. We request you to intervene for the speedy payment of the 80 crore dollars we get to the Bangladesh Power Development Board.

He also wrote that he is also requesting to pay the dues due to the sale of electricity on a regular basis.

Adani Power reportedly owes the Bangladesh Power Development Board 80 crore in arrears for eight to nine months of power supply.

Since last June, Adani Power has been supplying power to Bangladesh through a dedicated transmission corridor from its 1.6 GW coal-fired power plant in Jharkhand, India.

Adani Power has invested 2 billion dollars in building a state-of-the-art plant and associated transmission infrastructure, Gautam Adani said. I reiterate my commitment to Bangladesh's energy security and infrastructure development, he said.

Dhaka: The United States is going to discuss the economy with the Chief Adviser of the Interim government of Bangladesh Dr. Muhammad Yunus this week.

This information was revealed in a report by the UK media The Financial Times on Tuesday (September 10).

In this regard, Brent Neiman, Assistant Undersecretary for International Finance at the US Department of Revenue and Finance, said that the United States is hopeful that Bangladesh will be able to address its economic weaknesses through the implementation of necessary reforms and create a strong foundation for continued growth and development.

According to The Financial Times, officials from the US Treasury, State and Commerce departments are expected to discuss Bangladesh's fiscal and monetary policy. At the same time, the current situation of the country's financial sector may also be discussed.

The report said that this discussion will be held next Saturday and Sunday in the capital Dhaka.

However, officials from the Bangladesh Finance Ministry and the Office of the Chief Adviser said they were not aware of the meeting.

Sheikh Hasina's government has fallen in the face of the mass movement of students. US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedanta Patel commented that the United States was not involved.

A journalist asked Vedanta Patel, the deputy spokesperson for the regular press briefing of the US State Department on Monday (September 9) local time, that some Indian media claimed that the US was involved in the anti-government protests in Bangladesh. Although India has historically been a close ally of the ousted Hasina government, will this allegation have any impact on the US-India relationship?

In response Vedanta Patel said, I have not seen those reports. But I can say unequivocally that they are not true. Maybe that's why I didn't see that report.

Dr. Yunus-led Interim government has already passed a month. After the unrest on August 5 and before that, how did the United States? Planning to engage with Yunus's government, especially in organizing democratic elections? In addition, recent student protests in Bangladesh have claimed Chinese influence. How does the US assess this situation and does it think there are any strategic concerns in the region?

Vedanta Patel said, look, we are closely monitoring the situation in Bangladesh. We are ready and willing to work with Dr. Yunus-led Interim government because this government is working to determine the democratic future for the people of Bangladesh. I don't want to say anything more than that.

The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) is using innovative tactics to prevent illegal entry of Bangladeshis through the border. Now they are being trained in bee farming.

On Monday (September 9), the country's media Hindustan Times reported this information.

In the report, the Indian media reported that last week, 10 to 12 members of BSF gathered in Kadipur village of Nadia district. There they are taught beekeeping.

According to the border guards, the 32nd battalion of BSF is in charge of the 46 km border between West Bengal and Bangladesh. They hang these boxes on the border wire. They expect the bees to attack them if anyone intrudes or approaches any smuggling barbed wire between the two countries.

Sujit Kumar, commandant of 32nd battalion, said that they started beekeeping from November 2023. It was a government project for village development. Thinking about what to do to prevent infiltration at the border led to the idea of putting beekeeping boxes in barbed wire fences.

It is to be noted that earlier the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) deployed bees on the Bangladesh border in Nadia, West Bengal. As a result, illegal infiltration through that border has come down to zero, BSF claims. Now they are being trained in beekeeping to spread this success to other units of BSF.