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
Bangladesh to import more power from India next year
Seeks investment in Mongla, Mirsarai SEZs from its largest
67.2 lakh MMBtu LNG, 95,000 MT fertilizer to be imported
Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a meeting today approved a total of 34 proposals, including import of two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from international spot market, 50,000 metric tonnes of rice bran oil, and 95,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser
$10 billion needed annually to import primary fuel for power generation: CPD
Bangladesh will have to spend annually $10 billion to import primary fuel for the operation of the power plants, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) at the seminar today
Load-shedding returns to Sylhet after election
The "election electricity," a term that dwellers of Sylhet city coined to describe the continuous supply of power ahead of the Sylhet city polls, went away this morning, a day after the election
Bangladesh signs new LNG deal with Oman
Under the new deal, Oman will supply an additional up to 1.5 MTPA of LNG for the next 10 years from 2026
Pay Tk 7 lakh or live without gas
A consumer was allegedly forced to pay Tk 1.7 lakh to a team of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL) in Chattogram city.
60,000MW of electricity by 2041: Nasrul
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today told parliament that the government has taken programmes to generate 40,000MW of power by 2030 and 60,000MW by 2041
Aminbazar landfill plant to generate 42.5MW power: LGRD minister
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam today said 42.5MW power will be generated from mixed waste at Aminbazar landfill once the project is completed
Activists urge ADB to stop financing Rupsha power plant
Activists of three organisations have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to stop financing the Rupsha power plant, which, according to them, will be burden on the country due to capacity charge and high cost of operation.
Summit gets govt nod to set up country's 3rd floating LNG terminal
Summit Group is set to establish the country’s third floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Moheshkhali of Cox's Bazar to regasify more imported liquefied natural gas (LNG).