Power Development Board (PDB)

Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?

Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies

A wake-up call for the power sector

Government must take proper action after the national grid failure

Editorial / ACC public hearing on PDB

That the public often encounters harassment in government offices to obtain utility services is hardly a new phenomenon, but rarely do details come out in public. A recent public hearing by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) at Chittagong Power Development Board (PDB) headquarters was such a rare occasion for people to speak out.

January 22, 2023
January 22, 2023

Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?

Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies

October 7, 2022
October 7, 2022

A wake-up call for the power sector

Government must take proper action after the national grid failure

March 31, 2018
March 31, 2018

ACC public hearing on PDB

That the public often encounters harassment in government offices to obtain utility services is hardly a new phenomenon, but rarely do details come out in public. A recent public hearing by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) at Chittagong Power Development Board (PDB) headquarters was such a rare occasion for people to speak out.