Energy sector reforms
Star interview / ‘They got capacity charges for 16yrs. Not anymore’
A retired bureaucrat, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has been tasked with heading three significant ministries for the economy: power, energy and mineral resources; road transport and bridges; and railways.
Restoring power to the people: A step towards a fair energy pricing system
For nearly two years, Bangladeshi consumers have suffered under an executive system that gave the government unchecked power to set energy prices without their input.
Fuelled by inefficiency?
The government must phase out inefficient power plants, rethink energy policy
How the energy sector shut its doors to the public
Latest government decisions regarding energy are textbook examples of regulatory capture
Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?
Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies
NEW ENERGY MASTER PLAN / More power, but at what cost?
The latest energy master plan does not align with Bangladesh's clean energy targets
Electricity price hike will haunt both the people and the government
What impacts will the recent electricity price hike bring, in the context of the ongoing inflation?
‘They got capacity charges for 16yrs. Not anymore’
A retired bureaucrat, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has been tasked with heading three significant ministries for the economy: power, energy and mineral resources; road transport and bridges; and railways.
Restoring power to the people: A step towards a fair energy pricing system
For nearly two years, Bangladeshi consumers have suffered under an executive system that gave the government unchecked power to set energy prices without their input.
Fuelled by inefficiency?
The government must phase out inefficient power plants, rethink energy policy
How the energy sector shut its doors to the public
Latest government decisions regarding energy are textbook examples of regulatory capture
Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?
Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies
More power, but at what cost?
The latest energy master plan does not align with Bangladesh's clean energy targets
Electricity price hike will haunt both the people and the government
What impacts will the recent electricity price hike bring, in the context of the ongoing inflation?