Bangladesh Power Development Board

Persistent power outages must be addressed

Government must expedite efforts to resolve the crisis

Capacity payments have brought nothing but misery

Bangladesh government must rethink its energy policy

Power Supply During Summer: At least $4.45b needed to cover fuel costs

At least $4.45 billion is needed in fuel costs to ensure adequate power supply from February to June, when demand is set to increase by more than 50 percent, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) estimates.

National grid failure causes power cut in country’s major part

National grid line failure has caused power outage in Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet and Cumilla this afternoon (October 4, 2022).

Prepaid meters for all electricity consumers by 2025

The government has a target to bring all the electricity consumers of the country under prepaid meters by 2025.

Power supply situation improved this month: Nasrul Hamid

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has claimed that the power supply situation has been better in the current month than that in the previous month.

September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024

Persistent power outages must be addressed

Government must expedite efforts to resolve the crisis

June 25, 2023
June 25, 2023

Capacity payments have brought nothing but misery

Bangladesh government must rethink its energy policy

February 16, 2023
February 16, 2023

Power Supply During Summer: At least $4.45b needed to cover fuel costs

At least $4.45 billion is needed in fuel costs to ensure adequate power supply from February to June, when demand is set to increase by more than 50 percent, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) estimates.

October 4, 2022
October 4, 2022

National grid failure causes power cut in country’s major part

National grid line failure has caused power outage in Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet and Cumilla this afternoon (October 4, 2022).

September 20, 2022
September 20, 2022

Prepaid meters for all electricity consumers by 2025

The government has a target to bring all the electricity consumers of the country under prepaid meters by 2025.

August 27, 2022
August 27, 2022

Power supply situation improved this month: Nasrul Hamid

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has claimed that the power supply situation has been better in the current month than that in the previous month.