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
Cyclone Mocha: Gas supply from 2 floating LNG terminals halted
The government decided to suspend gas supply from two floating LNG terminals in Moheshkhali from 11:00pm tonight due to the incoming Cyclone Mocha
Heatwave: Situation could worsen due to fossil fuel, LNG
Following the growing reliance on fossil fuels and LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) for power production, Bangladesh could experience worsening heat stress in the coming days, says a global report.
A third of power capacity unutilised
About one-third of the country’s total power generation capacity remains unutilised when people across the country are enduring mild and moderate heatwaves.
Some parts of Dhaka North to suffer gas supply disruption
From 8:00am tomorrow, gas supply to remain suspended on both sides of Kuril Bishwa Road; Khilkhet, Joarshahara, Namapara, Baridhara, Gulshan and Basundhara residents to face low pressure
Power line to link 4 countries
Bangladesh and India have primarily agreed to construct a cross-border power transmission line which would benefit four neighbouring countries -- Nepal, Bhutan, India and Bangladesh.
$170b investment in energy sector needed by 2041: minister
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that Bangladesh requires $170 billion dollars investment in the power and energy sector by 2041.
Price of 12kg LPG cylinder hiked by Tk 57 to Tk 1,235
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission today fixed the price of a 12kg LPG cylinder at Tk 1,235 from May -- a Tk 57 hike from last month.
Bangladesh may opt to align energy prices with int'l market
Bangladesh may soon prefer to set the petroleum fuel prices in line with with the international market prices
Power plants riddled with myriad problems
None of the fossil fuel-based power plants ran properly for more than 38 percent of the time in the 2021-22 fiscal year, said a study.
Coal shortage again halts power production at Rampal plant
Electricity production at Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bagerhat has been halted once again due to shortage of coal