Energy Efficiency: Bangladesh, AFD sign for grant of €560,000

Bangladesh and French aid agency Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have signed a €560,000 grant for improving energy efficiency in the country.
16 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Hasina, Modi to inaugurate Indo-Bangla pipeline Saturday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi will inaugurate the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline on March 18 at 5:00pm via video conference
16 March 2023, 15:38 PM

Rooppur Project: Russia proposes payment in rouble

Russia has proposed a direct payment system bypassing the global standard SWIFT to settle the dues for Rooppur nuclear power plant as the Soviet nation looks to navigate the sanctions from the West following the Ukraine war.
16 March 2023, 01:00 AM

Demand for power rising by 100 MW per day: Nasrul Hamid

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that demand for electricity is increasing by around 100 MW every day
14 March 2023, 10:00 AM

'Bangladesh-India friendship pipeline will contribute to energy security'

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline will effectively contribute to energy security
10 March 2023, 10:25 AM

IDCOL to finance 300MW solar projects by 2025

Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has set a target to finance rooftop solar power system projects of a total generation capacity of 300 megawatts by 2025 in line with a government vision, said IDCOL Executive Director Alamgir Morshed recently. 
10 March 2023, 04:00 AM

Nat’l grid gets power from Adani on trial basis

Electricity supply from the controversial Adani power plant in Godda, Jharkhand began on a trial basis yesterday.
9 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Adani supplies power to national grid on trial basis

Adani Power has started power supply on an experimental basis to the national grid this evening
9 March 2023, 15:18 PM

Dr Zafrullah for repealing ‘anti-state’ power deal with Adani Group

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury today termed the government's power deal with India's Adani Group as "anti-state" and demanded its cancellation
5 March 2023, 16:12 PM

Environment Network calls for cancellation of Adani Power deal

The government signed the deal under conditions that hugely favour Adani Power at the cost of Bangladesh, says Bangladesh Environment Network
2 March 2023, 11:37 AM

LPG price for March Tk 1,422

The government has reduced the price of 12kg cylinder of LPG by Tk 76
2 March 2023, 10:59 AM

Some parts of Dhaka to be without gas supply today

Gas supply will remain suspended for eight hours -- from 2:00pm to 10:00pm -- today for all kinds of consumers in different areas in Dhaka due to emergency tie-up works of pipelines.
1 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Some parts of Dhaka to be without gas supply tomorrow

Gas supply will remain suspended for eight hours -- from 2 pm to 10 pm – tomorrow for all kinds of consumers in different areas in Dhaka due to emergency tie-up works of pipelines
1 March 2023, 09:35 AM

Power price hiked by 5pc again

The government increased the electricity price three times since January this year.
28 February 2023, 13:38 PM

No power crisis after Matarbari, Banshkhali plants start production: Tawfiq-e-Elahi

Stating that energy price has been increasing due to high price of dollar followed by global turmoil, the energy advisor said Bangladesh like other countries have been facing the unrest situation
26 February 2023, 19:11 PM

Dollar crunch raises spectre of load-shedding

Private power plants that use furnace oil risk facing severe shortage of fuel and this may result in power cuts during the hottest months of this year.
26 February 2023, 01:00 AM

West Dhaka to have no power for 5hrs tomorrow

The PGCB published a notice mentioning a shutdown programme at its 230 kV power transmission line from Aminbazar - Agargaon substation.
23 February 2023, 16:48 PM

Adani Group starts discussion with Bangladesh to resolve coal pricing issues

According to highly placed sources at the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), a five-member delegation of Adani Group arrived in Dhaka and held a meeting with the top officials of BPDB today
23 February 2023, 15:39 PM

ISA to support Bangladesh in solar energy

Says its Director General Ajay Mathur
23 February 2023, 13:15 PM

Rampal electricity cost nearly doubles due to rise in coal price, dollar rate

"The recent hike in coal prices in the global market has pushed up the generation cost. If the coal price declines, the generation cost will also come down," said Subhash Chandra Pandey, the project director of the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt) Ltd (BIFPCL)
18 February 2023, 17:36 PM