Utilities
Ctg grapples with frequent power cuts
Frequent power cuts over the last week have left residents of Chattogram suffering.
Gas supply to remain shut in parts of Dhaka for 8hrs tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 10:00am to 6:00pm tomorrow due to gas pipeline replacement works
Unauthorised road excavation: Dhaka Wasa caught forging DSCC official's signature
Dhaka South City Corporation today seized equipment, belonging to Dhaka Wasa, used for digging work at Lalbagh near Shaheed Abdul Alim playground
Gas supply to remain suspended in parts of Dhaka
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 10:00am to 6:00pm tomorrow due to pipeline replacement works
Cyclone Remal: Southern districts face power cuts for over 36 hrs
2.70 crore subscribers of the country out of power
865,000 illegal gas connections snapped in last 2 yrs: Nasrul
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said in the last two years, a total of 865,000 illegal gas connections have been snapped
BPDB supplies record 16,233MW power
Bangladesh Power Development Board today supplied a record 16,233 megawatts of electricity as power demand increased due to a country-wide heatwave
Gas supply to remain suspended 10am-10pm in N'ganj tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended from 10:00am to 10:00pm tomorrow (Sunday) in different areas of Narayanganj for emergency repairing works on pipelines
Gas crisis likely to ease from tomorrow in Dhaka
The Bibiyana gas field may add 70 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMCFD) by tomorrow morning to further ease the nagging gas crisis in the capital.
No germs in Wasa water!
Dhaka Wasa managing director said he gets foul-smelling tap water at home too but assured that it was harmless.
Boil water before drinking it: Wasa MD Taqsem tells Dhaka residents
Managing Director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Taqsem A Khan today asked residents of the city to boil supplied water before drinking it.
City stung by gas crisis for 2nd day
For the second day in a row, many neighbourhoods in the capital suffered an acute gas crisis yesterday, as the authorities struggled to fix the technical problems that occurred at Bibiyana Gas Field in Sylhet on Sunday.
Locals surround, vandalise power office in Tangail over frequent load shedding
Protesting frequent load shedding, a group of angry locals, including students, besieged the Zonal Office of Mymensingh Palli Bidyut Samity-1 at Madhupur upazila in Tangail today.
Possibility of gas shortage on second day of Ramadan as well
Like yesterday, the first day of Ramadan, there is a possibility of limited gay supply in Dhaka and surrounding areas today.
LPG price hiked by Tk 48 to Tk 1,439: BERC
Consumers will have to buy Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) at a higher price as Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has re-fixed the price of 12 KG LPG cylinder at Tk 1,439 from the existing Tk 1,391 with effect from 6 pm today.
Ctg WASA MD withdraws salary hike proposal of Tk 4.50 lakh
The managing director (MD) of Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA), AKM Fazlullah, has withdrawn his proposal to increase his basic salary from Tk 1.80 lakh to Tk 4.50 lakh.
Mosque water the only alternative
It takes Anwar Hossain, a 60-year-old cook at a mess in the capital’s Farmgate, about an hour to make a trip to the nearest deep tube-well, get 10 litres of water, and return home.
Good news for port city residents
A water treatment plant of Chattogram Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (CWasa) officially goes into operation today, raising the total production to 500 million litres per day.