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
A new era in energy cooperation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline will play a pivotal role in ensuring fuel security in Bangladesh.
Bangabandhu's vision was for entire region's prosperity
Says Modi as he terms the opening of Indo-Bangla pipeline 'a new chapter' in bilateral ties
Indo-Bangla pipeline: 90 lakh litre diesel imported on first day
Around 90 lakh litre of diesel was imported via the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline the very same day the prime ministers of both the countries opened it
Indo-Bangla fuel pipeline will ensure energy security: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline will play a pivotal role in ensuring fuel security in Bangladesh while many countries across the globe are facing serious fuel crisis due to the Russia-Ukraine war
Energy Efficiency: Bangladesh, AFD sign for grant of €560,000
Bangladesh and French aid agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a €560,000 grant for improving energy efficiency in the country.
Hasina, Modi to inaugurate Indo-Bangla pipeline Saturday
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on March 18 at 5:00pm via video conference
Rooppur Project: Russia proposes payment in rouble
Russia has proposed a direct payment system bypassing the global standard SWIFT to settle the dues for Rooppur nuclear power plant as the Soviet nation looks to navigate the sanctions from the West following the Ukraine war.
Demand for power rising by 100 MW per day: Nasrul Hamid
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that demand for electricity is increasing by around 100 MW every day
'Bangladesh-India friendship pipeline will contribute to energy security'
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline will effectively contribute to energy security
IDCOL to finance 300MW solar projects by 2025
Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has set a target to finance rooftop solar power system projects of a total generation capacity of 300 megawatts by 2025 in line with a government vision, said IDCOL Executive Director Alamgir Morshed recently.