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 prices: Syncing with int’l markets may not begin in Sept
The plans to finalise a system to automatically synchronise domestic fuel prices with international ones from September may get delayed.
Govt to sign new deals to get long-term LNG supply
Summit Group and Excelerate Energy are set to supply LNG from 2026 for 15 years
Efforts on for int’l bidding within a month for gas exploration: energy secy
Energy Secretary Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder today said the government has planned to invite international bidding for offshore hydrocarbon exploration within a month
Experts blame import-dependent fuel supply policy for gas crisis
Speakers at a webinar today said that the country's current gas crisis is a result of the government's excessive interest in import-dependent fuel supply policy
Take steps to improve air quality, promote renewable energy: speakers
The government needs to promote renewable energy to improve the country's air quality, especially in cities and other urban areas, said speakers at a press conference today
Next 2 yrs critical for country's energy sector: Nasrul Hamid
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said that the next two years would be critical for the energy and power sector of the country
LPG price hiked, 12kg cylinder now Tk 1,140
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has increased the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for the month of August.
9 Dhaka areas to be without gas supply for six hours tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital for six hours -- from 2:00pm to 8:00pm – tomorrow due to gas pipeline replacement works
Rampal power plant shut down again due to coal shortage
The BIFPCL officials said they have already completed all necessary procedures to import coal from abroad
PM to open Matarbari coal-fired plant in December: project officials
The first unit of Matarbari coal-fired power plant in Maheshkhali of Cox's Bazar is likely to go into production by this December, adding 600MW of electricity to the national grid.