Natural resources

Natural resources

Summit Power seeks time to provide financial report

Summit Power Limited (SPL) has sought a five-month extension from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission for providing the audited financial report for fiscal year 2023-24, which ended last June. 

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Govt won’t raise power tariff despite pressure from IMF: energy adviser

The energy adviser explained that while the IMF recommended a tariff hike to ease the subsidy burden in the power sector, the government emphasised the adverse effects such a move would have on citizens already grappling with high inflation

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Payra power plant halts production for tests of new facility

Production cost at new facility to be lower than that of Adani, other plants

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$158.89 million AIIB loan availed for power infrastructure project

Power Grid Bangladesh PLC will implement the project

6d ago

No foreign firm shows interest in Bay of Bengal gas exploration

Seven purchased tender documents, but none submitted papers finally

1w ago

Power deal signed with Adani should be renegotiated: expert

The deal with India’s Adani Power should be renegotiated as the cost of power from the company is much higher than that of domestic power plants, said energy expert Prof M Tamim, a member of the White Paper Committee on Economy today

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Child mauled to death by dogs in Kishoreganj

A child died after being mauled by a pack of stray dogs in Kishoreganj's Nikli upazila this afternoon

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Bangladesh's Electricity Sector / PDB can save $1.2 billion a year by fixing core problems: IEEFA

The global energy think-tank suggested shifting half of Bangladesh’s existing industrial demand to the grid

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Forest land worth Tk 50cr recovered in Gazipur

The Forest Department today recovered six acres of forest land worth Tk 50 crore grabbed by influential people in Gazipur’s Kaliakoir upazila

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Ensure good governance for water management: speakers

Good governance will have to be ensured based on accountability and transparency on water supply and sewerage management to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals, said the speakers at a meeting today

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Sawfish in Bangladesh: Safeguarding a species from the brink of extinction

With the recent research findings of an increased number of endangered Bengal tigers in Bangladesh's Sundarbans, many of us are now hopeful that this majestic creature might survive for generations to come. But what about the critically endangered sawfish that inhabit our waters, whose populatio

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Excelerate Energy to invest more in Bangladesh’s energy sector

A delegation of the US-based LNG company calls on chief adviser

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Follow int’l, national regulations strictly concerning sanctioned vessels: shipping ministry

The shipping ministry today asked all parties involved in the maritime operations in Bangladesh to strictly follow international and national regulations concerning sanctioned vessels and cargoes

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Initiative taken to free ‘Patuakhali river’ from encroachment, pollution

The 12-kilometre-long Patuakhali River, with an average width of 250 metres and a spiral flow, has faced significant degradation due to encroachment and pollution over the years

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Govt cancels deal with Summit Group for second FSRU

Summit terms termination of the deal ‘unjustified’, says will appeal for review

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Cox's Bazar forest dept served notice to protect forest

Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) served a notice to the Cox's Bazar South Forest Division to protect the reserve forest in the district from encroachers

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Redesigning IEPMP an urgent need

The Integrated Energy and Power Master Plan (IEPMP) should be revisited to design a clear pathway for improving the Power Development Board’s (PDB) financial strength and Bangladesh’s energy security, according to an article in Energy Outlook, a quarterly publication by the South Asian Network o

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Closed since August 5, safari park in shambles

Shuttered tea-stalls, closed restaurants, vacant parking spaces, and a deserted entrance—once abuzz with tourists, the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Safari Park in Gazipur, the second largest of its kind in the country, has seen no crowd for around two months.

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