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
Nepal, Bangladesh agree to sign 25-year power sale deal
Officials from Kathmandu and Dhaka have agreed to sign a long-term agreement for the export of 40MW electricity from Nepal to Bangladesh
Undersea pipeline stops working after 3 days
Only three days after it began operation, the country’s first undersea pipeline went out of service on Wednesday afternoon due to a "fault"
LPG price reduced again, 12kg cylinder now at Tk 999
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has slashed the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) again.
Nat'l grid to get power from 2nd Rampal unit soon
The second unit of the 1,320MW coal-fired Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant in Bagerhat's Rampal has been synchronised with the national grid today
Amara Raja bags solar project worth $130m in Bangladesh
Amara Raja Infra Pvt Ltd (ARIPL), a part of the $1.75 billion Amara Raja Group, has secured a contract for installing a solar power plant worth $130 million in Bangladesh's Jamalpur
Power supply from Adani plant’s second unit begins
Bangladesh now can import more electricity from the Adani power plant in India as the second unit of it started commercial operation
Control rooms opened to ensure smooth power supply during Eid
Power Division has opened control rooms for its six distributions and one transmission entities to ensure smooth electricity supply across the country during the holy Eid-ul-Azha..In an office order, the Power Division published the names of the organisations and their responsible official
Payra Power Plant resumes operations after 20 days
Payra Power Plant has resumed its operation from this morning after being closed for 20 days due to coal shortage
64,300 tonnes of coal for Matarbari power plant arrives
A ship carrying 64,300 tonnes of coal for the Matarbari coal-fired power plant in Cox's Bazar's Maheshkhali arrived here from Indonesia today
Ship with coal reaches port, power generation to resume Sunday
A ship carrying 41,207 tonnes of coal reached Payra port from Indonesia early today.