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Energy
LPG price cut: 12 kg cylinder now Tk 1,341
24 February 2026, 19:01 PM
Energy
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23 February 2026, 22:27 PM
Accidents & Fires
Govt revises CNG refuelling station hours for Ramadan
20 February 2026, 15:17 PM
Energy
Energy sector could change in 2-3 years if roadmap followed: Fouzul
10 February 2026, 19:58 PM
Natural resources
Japan to restart world's biggest nuclear plant
6 February 2026, 10:16 AM
Energy
Govt cuts fuel prices by Tk 2 per litre for Feb
1 February 2026, 00:12 AM
Energy
Power deals rigged against public: Review committee flags structural overpricing
25 January 2026, 16:36 PM
Bangladesh
Barapukuria plant adds electricity to grid after four-day halt
22 January 2026, 20:31 PM
Energy
Pushed towards extinction
18 January 2026, 02:50 AM
$170b investment in energy sector needed by 2041: minister
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that Bangladesh requires $170 billion dollars investment in the power and energy sector by 2041.
3 May 2023, 11:57 AM
Price of 12kg LPG cylinder hiked by Tk 57 to Tk 1,235
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission today fixed the price of a 12kg LPG cylinder at Tk 1,235 from May -- a Tk 57 hike from last month.
2 May 2023, 10:31 AM
Bangladesh may opt to align energy prices with int'l market
Bangladesh may soon prefer to set the petroleum fuel prices in line with with the international market prices
30 April 2023, 20:03 PM
Goodwill to save the misunderstood cats
With an olive-grey coat decorated with black spots and stripes, fishing cats have fascinated wildlife enthusiasts for a long time.
28 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Coal shortage again halts power production at Rampal plant
Electricity production at Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bagerhat has been halted once again due to shortage of coal
28 April 2023, 17:50 PM
Bhola Gas Field: Trial extraction begins at ninth well
State-run exploration company Bapex has extracted gas on experimental basis from a new well named Ilisha-1 in Bhola Sadar upazila today
28 April 2023, 14:25 PM
Baby zebra born at Gazipur safari park
A zebra foal was born at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur in the middle of the month.
27 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Pakistan all set to get discounted Russian oil: PM
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday that everything was set for his country to receive a shipment of discounted Russian oil
27 April 2023, 13:02 PM
Baby zebra born at Gazipur safari park
A zebra foal was born at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Gazipur in the middle of the month.
27 April 2023, 07:30 AM
Budget allocation not enough to meet the target
Bangladesh will not achieve its target of converting 40 percent of its energy sources into renewable energy by 2040 if the budgetary allocation does not increase, said Hasanul Haq Inu, chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee on information, during an online press conference yesterday.
26 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Winds of change approaching
“Are you talking about those big pankhas?” auto-rickshaw driver Osman Ali responded when this reporter asked to take him to the wind power plant in Khurushkul area of Cox’s Bazar.
19 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Whale buried after collecting samples
The 40-foot-long whale, weighing around 25 tonnes, which was found dead on Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach on Tuesday, has been buried.
19 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Rampal power plant resumes production after 5 days
After five days, Rampal power plant today resumed production.
19 April 2023, 13:28 PM
Bangladesh to pay Russia in yuan for Rooppur nuclear plant
Bangladesh and Russia have agreed to use yuan to settle payment for a nuclear plant Moscow is building in the South Asian country, a Bangladesh government official said on Monday
17 April 2023, 13:34 PM
Power grid failure: Electricity restored in Ctg after over 2 hrs
People of different areas in Chattogram were left without electricity for more than two hours due to a failure in local power grid this afternoon
15 April 2023, 14:16 PM
Record electricity generated 3 days in a row
The country has generated record 15,304 megawatt of electricity at 9:00pm tonight.
13 April 2023, 16:03 PM
PDB generates record 14,800MW power
The country generated 14,800 megawatts of electricity at 9:00pm (peak hour) today, breaking all the records of single day's production.
11 April 2023, 16:12 PM
Adani likely to supply second 800 MW to Bangladesh soon
After starting electricity supply to Bangladesh from the first unit of its plant in Godda in the eastern state of Jharkhand a few days ago, India's Adani Power Limited has said it is expected to commission its second 800 MW unit soon, according to the company statement
10 April 2023, 06:50 AM
Oil powers to slash production by more than 1 million bpd
Saudi Arabia led a coordinated production cut by major oil powers on Sunday despite US pressure to pump more crude, saying they were aiming at market stability
2 April 2023, 16:17 PM
Price of 12kg LPG cylinder slashed by Tk 244
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has fixed Tk 1,178 as the price of the 12kg LPG cylinder for April, down by Tk 244 from the previous month.
2 April 2023, 07:15 AM