Energy
Gas supply to remain suspended for 12 hours in Dhaka EPZ, adjacent areas
Gas supply will remain suspended for 12 hours from 6:00pm tomorrow in different areas under Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) and Nabinagar-Chandra area for emergency works in gas pipeline
Deal with Adani / Govt directed to conduct inquiry, form committee
The High Court, in the full text of an order, issued three directives over the government's electricity purchase deal with India's Adani Power Limited in 2017.
Paid Tk 20cr bribe for gas connection during AL regime: commerce adviser
Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashir Uddin today said he had to pay a bribe of Tk 20 crore to the road authorities for digging up a road to lay the 40km gas pipeline for his industry during the previous Awami League regime
Power supply from Nepal via India begins
Electricity supply from Nepal to Bangladesh via India began yesterday in a trilateral transaction, aimed at boosting sub-regional connectivity in the power sector.
Petition seeks HC order to review power deal with Adani
A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to review or cancel the electricity agreement with Adani Group of India.
Now Payra to cut down power production by half
Amid the backdrop of all other coal-based power plants in the country, including India’s Adani, the production of a unit of Payra Thermal Power Plant went into maintenance today
Rooftop solar can reduce reliance on power grids: energy adviser
Energy Adviser Dr Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan today urged the industries to install rooftop solar power to meet their own power requirements
Set a concrete target first to achieve growth in renewable energy: a study suggests
Shah Md Ahsan Habib, a professor at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management, conducted the study
Waste-to-energy plant underway LGRD minister tells JS
For the first time, the construction of an incineration plant to generate electricity has been undertaken at Aminbazar landfill under DNCC, LGRD Minister Tazul Islam told parliament yesterday.
5th batch of nuclear fuel reaches Rooppur Power Plant
The fifth batch of nuclear fuel for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant reached the project site in Pabna this morning amidst special security arrangement
Bangladesh to import 1.5m metric tonnes of crude oil from Saudi, UAE
Bangladesh will import 1.5 million (15 lakh) metric tons of crude oil from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the year 2024
Gas crisis in Ctg as LNG supply drops
Many places in Chattogram have been experiencing a severe gas shortage from 9:00am to 3:00pm for the past two days due to low gas supply from the LNG Terminal in Moheskhali, Cox's Bazar
The areas in Dhaka that will be without gas for 7 hours tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 10:00am to 5:00pm tomorrow due to gas pipeline replacement works.
Disruption in transmission line plunges vast area of Mirpur into darkness
A major disruption in power transmission lines plunged a vast area of Mirpur into darkness this evening
3rd batch of nuclear fuel reaches Rooppur power plant
Seven consignments for 168-nuclear fuel assemblies are expected to reach Rooppur power plant project in initial batch for unit-1 within this year
Aminbazar grid failure causes nightlong power cuts in parts of Dhaka
Parts of Dhaka and Savar saw power outages for around one to three hours due to grid failure early today
Russia will take back spent fuel of Rooppur nuclear power plant: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Russia has promised to take back the spent fuel of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) to their country
Rooppur receives uranium in ceremony attended virtually by Hasina, Putin
Bangladesh today officially received the first batch of uranium for its Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) to become the 33rd nuclear power-producing country of the world