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
Banshkhali-Meghnaghat 400KV power transmission line comes into operation
The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has commissioned its 400 kV power transmission line from Banshkhali in Chattogram via Madunaghat to Meghnaghat in Narayanganj
Fire at Muradpur sub-station in Ctg disrupts power
Electricity supply has been disrupted in different areas of Chattogram after a fire broke out at Muradpur 33/11 sub-station this evening
Govt rises transmission, distribution charges for gas companies
The government has increased the transmission and distribution charges for gas companies
Rooppur NPP not to get fuel supply until all necessary inspections completed
Russian contractor of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project said that it will not supply fuel to the plant until all necessary inspections and scheduled procedures are completed
9,930 MW from renewable sources in pipeline: Nasrul
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the generation of 9,930 MW of electricity from renewable sources is in the pipeline in Bangladesh
Transformer installation: No scheduled power cut as work suspended
In a latest development, the power division has suspended installation of a new 230/132 KV, 450 MVA transformer to increase the capacity of Rampura grid substation
Parts of Dhaka to face power outage for next 7 days
Some parts of Dhaka will experience power disruption for the next seven days due to maintenance work of transmission system, said a press release of power division
Committee formed to probe how capacity charge section was included in IMED report
The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) today formed a three-member committee to identify how a chapter on capacity charges of power plants was included in a research report of the division
Titas disconnects 6,02,884 illegal connections in last 20 months
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company conducted a total of 28,398 drives and disconnected a total of 6,02,884 illegal connections in the last 20 months in Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions