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Try people responsible for deal with Asia Energy Awami League (AL) yesterday demanded trial of the people responsible for the agreement with the Asia Energy Corporation concerning Fulbaria coalmine development in 1994 during the BNP regime. Terming it an "imbalanced agreement" they said the BNP government has to take responsibility for the agreement. Addressing a press conference at the Dhanmondi AL office in the capital, the former planning minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir demanded that the energy adviser should say whether he would hold those including the then energy minister responsible. He urged the government to change, cancel or write the sections of the

Asia Energy-linked protests continue in Bangladesh

Asia Energy-linked protests continue in Bangladesh Protesters in northern Bangladesh have set up road blocks and staged rallies for a fourth day following the fatal shooting of at least five people demonstrating against an open-pit mine in the region being developed by UK coal firm Asia Energy plc, police said. The protestors held two marches this morning and also put up road barricades to press their demands to cancel the open-pit coal mine, said local senior police officer Ruhul Amin. Thousands of protestors went on the rampage yesterday ransacking and torching buildings linked to Asia Energy which is developing the mine at Phulbari,

South America and Asia energy specialists to advise on Energy City Qatar

South America and Asia energy specialists to advise on Energy City Qatar Gulf Energy today announced the addition of Henri Philippe Reichstul, a South American energy expert, and Simon Tay, a Harvard Professor and Asian energy expert, to the International Advisory Board to the multi-billion dollar Energy City Qatar (ECQ) project. Mr. Esam Janahi, Chairman of Gulf Energy said, 'Mr. Reichstul and Mr. Tay are experts on South America and Asia, both increasingly important energy markets. We are delighted that they have joined Energy City Qatar's International Advisory Board to help shape this single point of access to markets and expertise -

South America and Asia energy specialists to advise on Energy City Qatar

South America and Asia energy specialists to advise on Energy City Qatar Gulf Energy today announced the addition of Henri Philippe Reichstul, a South American energy expert, and Simon Tay, a Harvard Professor and Asian energy expert, to the International Advisory Board to the multi-billion dollar Energy City Qatar (ECQ) project. Mr. Esam Janahi, Chairman of Gulf Energy said, 'Mr. Reichstul and Mr. Tay are experts on South America and Asia, both increasingly important energy markets. We are delighted that they have joined Energy City Qatar's International Advisory Board to help shape this single point of access to markets and expertise -

Goldman leads 1Q Asia ex-Japan M&A deal volume - survey

Goldman leads 1Q Asia ex-Japan M&A deal volume - survey Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) is the investment bank that has advised on the biggest volume of merger and acquisition deals in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding Japan, so far this year, according to league tables compiled by European data provider mergermarket. The U.S. investment bank advised on seven deals worth a total of US$25 billion in the first quarter, mergermarket said. It was involved in Australian company Alinta Ltd.'s (ALN.AU) US$7.40 billion bid for 80% of the much larger energy company Australian Gas Light Co. (AGL.AU) and advised Singapore's Temasek Holdings