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 strike lifted till Sept 30
People suffered across the country today as a faction of petrol pump owners and workers in the fuel distribution went on strike
Khulna fuel traders call indefinite strike from Sept 3
Fuel traders in Khulna called an indefinite strike from September 3 to press home their three-point demands, including raising sales commission to 7.5 percent
Rampal to have 300 MW solar power plant
Saudi-Bangladesh joint-venture company to set up the plant
Dhaka for purchasing LNG from Algeria: Momen
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed keen interest in buying LNG from Algeria to meet Bangladesh's growing demand due to the country's economic expansion
Coordinated call centre launched to tackle power emergencies
A coordinated call centre with hotline number, 16999, has been launched in the power sector through which consumers of any distribution company can lodge a complaint and get a solution
Hotline for power consumers to open tomorrow
The government will launch a "combined hotline number" tomorrow for consumers of six power distributor companies across the country
Gas supply to remain suspended in Khilgaon for 8hrs tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended for eight hours in some areas of the capital's Khilgaon tomorrow for an emergency pipeline replacement work.
Gas supply to remain suspended in Banani for 4hrs tomorrow
Gas supply to the capital's Banani area will remain suspended for four hours tomorrow due to an emergency pipeline replacement work
Gas supply to be suspended in Banani for 2hrs tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended for two hours in Dhaka's Banani area tomorrow for emergency pipeline replacement work