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Govt speeds up Adani payments
The Power Division has replied to Gautam Adani’s letter to Prof Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser to the interim government, saying the government will clear its dues within the shortest possible time.
Adani repeatedly pressing for $800m electricity dues
India’s Adani Group has been repeatedly requesting the interim government to immediately clear dues of around $800 million on their electricity sales, according to officials of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB).
Cyclone Remal: PDB cuts power production by half
PDB switched off many power plants in the coastal areas as a safety measure due to Cyclone Rema
11 power plants mostly sat idle last fiscal
At least 15 percent of the country’s 71 independent power producers were sitting idle for 80 percent of the time last fiscal year, raising questions about their need.
Capacity payments have brought nothing but misery
Bangladesh government must rethink its energy policy
PDB to launch hotlines for its clients next year
Bangladesh Power Development Board will open a call centre for its 36 lakh power consumers next year.
Another govt car recovered from PDB CBA leader
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seizes a government Pajero Jeep from a class-III employee of Power Development Board (PDB,) who has been using the car illegally for the last 10 years.
PDB suffers loss of Tk 7135.03cr in 2016-17
Among the 45 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), Power Development Board incurs the highest loss of Tk 7135.03 crore in the outgoing fiscal 2016-17 year while the total loss of the SOEs is Tk 8630 crore.
Power outages back again
The nightmare called load-shedding is back. With a mild heat wave sweeping the country, people, mainly in rural areas, are suffering due to frequent power cuts.
People across Bangladesh suffer for load shedding
People of the country have been witnessing severe power cuts for the last couple of days because of a drop in oil-based power generation resulting from a shortage of fuel supply.
Spl power plant to check outage
The Power Development Board (PDB) is floating a tender to set up a gas-fired power plant in Shahjibazaar that would remain standby to pump in electricity whenever there is a supply drop in the national grid.
Re-tender likely for Khulna power plant
The government might cancel a power contract to a Chinese consortium delaying the 200 to 300 megawatt Khulna
Tareque killed ex-PDB official Khijir Khan: Cops
Tariqul Islam Tareque, the alleged Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militant held yesterday is the killer of ex-Power Development Board (PDB) chief Khijir Khan, police claims.
Ex-PDB chairman brutally murdered
A former chairman of the Power Development Board was murdered at his Madhya Badda house in the capital yesterday.
PDB ex-chairman killed at Madhya Badda house
Former chairman of Power Development Board (PDB) Mohammad Khizir Khan is found dead at his Madhya Badda residence in Dhaka.