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
Fuel oil arrears increasing due to dollar shortage
The payment of fuel oil prices is being delayed due to a dollar shortage, resulting in an increase in arrears, according to a parliamentary briefing yesterday
Omera opens LPG distribution, sales centre in Bhasan Char
Omera Petroleum Limited, a leading LPG operator of the country, has opened its distribution and sales centre in Bhasan Char
Nepal can be a source of clean energy for Bangladesh: FBCCI
FBCCI president says in meeting with Nepalese delegation
S Alam Group’s 1,320 MW Banshkhali coal-fired power plant starts operation
S Alam Group's 1,320 MW coal-fired SS Power Plant at Banshkhali in Chattogram started commercial operation today
Gas supply to areas in N’ganj, Munshiganj to be suspended for 12hrs tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended for 12 hours in different areas of Narayanganj and Munshiganj districts tomorrow due to pipeline installation work.
Bangladesh Lamps to make plastic parts for tube lights
Bangladesh Lamps is going to set up a production line to manufacture plastic parts for tube lights, said the company today.
Gas supply to remain halted in parts of Narayanganj for 12 hours tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended for 12 hours tomorrow in different areas of Narayanganj, including Rupganj, for emergency pipeline replacement work.
$75b needed in next 15 years for smooth power supply: Nasrul Hamid
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said today that the government has taken up the challenge of supplying uninterrupted electricity at an affordable cost
Gas supply in parts of north Dhaka to be suspended for 12hrs tomorrow
Gas supply will be suspended in different areas in the north of Dhaka for 12 hours tomorrow
Fuel strike postponed till Sept 30
A fuel strike, that caused immense public suffering, was postponed yesterday till September 30.