Payra Power Plant

Capacity payments have brought nothing but misery

Bangladesh government must rethink its energy policy

Power sector must answer for its persistent failures

Frequent outages amid heatwaves lay bare the dysfunctional state of power sector

Power Outage: Only one-third plants operating at full capacity

Of the 153 power plants in the country, 49 are operating at capacity, which explains the ongoing power outages amid the searing summer heat.

Power Situation / Not improving anytime soon

Nobody knows exactly when the power cuts will end

People deserve answers for failed govt policies

Shambolic decision-making in the power sector has led us to suffer enough

At least 2 more weeks needed to resolve power crisis: Nasrul Hamid

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said they had been trying to ensure smooth supply of coal, gas and fuel to the power plants for the last two months but it did not work due to the “financial issues”

City dwellers swelter amid power cuts

As the current heatwave gets worse, the country’s power shortage shows no signs of improvement.

Starved of coal: Payra power plant may shut for weeks

Coal shortage has forced officials to shut down a 660 megawatt unit of Payra power plant on May 25, a first in its three years of operation, and if things stay as they are, the other unit of the plant will stop production in about a week.

Payra, Rampal power plants now linked to Dhaka

Aminbazar in Dhaka to Gopalganj 400KV double circuit line, considered one of the major power transmission lines in the country, is ready to transmit electricity.

June 25, 2023
June 25, 2023

Capacity payments have brought nothing but misery

Bangladesh government must rethink its energy policy

June 7, 2023
June 7, 2023

Power sector must answer for its persistent failures

Frequent outages amid heatwaves lay bare the dysfunctional state of power sector

June 7, 2023
June 7, 2023

Power Outage: Only one-third plants operating at full capacity

Of the 153 power plants in the country, 49 are operating at capacity, which explains the ongoing power outages amid the searing summer heat.

June 5, 2023
June 5, 2023

Not improving anytime soon

Nobody knows exactly when the power cuts will end

June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023

People deserve answers for failed govt policies

Shambolic decision-making in the power sector has led us to suffer enough

June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023

At least 2 more weeks needed to resolve power crisis: Nasrul Hamid

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said they had been trying to ensure smooth supply of coal, gas and fuel to the power plants for the last two months but it did not work due to the “financial issues”

June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023

City dwellers swelter amid power cuts

As the current heatwave gets worse, the country’s power shortage shows no signs of improvement.

May 28, 2023
May 28, 2023

Starved of coal: Payra power plant may shut for weeks

Coal shortage has forced officials to shut down a 660 megawatt unit of Payra power plant on May 25, a first in its three years of operation, and if things stay as they are, the other unit of the plant will stop production in about a week.

December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022

Payra, Rampal power plants now linked to Dhaka

Aminbazar in Dhaka to Gopalganj 400KV double circuit line, considered one of the major power transmission lines in the country, is ready to transmit electricity.

June 15, 2022
June 15, 2022

Mega projects won’t negatively impact economy: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out the possibility of any negative impact on the country’s economy due to the implementation of the mega projects as these were undertaken following proper assessments.