The acute gas crisis, which has been plaguing the industrial sector and households, is unlikely to see a drastic improvement anytime soon.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday granted Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation permission to import 54 lakh tonnes of oil next year in a bid to secure supply of the key commodity amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and geopolitical tension.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 19, 2022) inaugurated the installation of the second and final reactor at the country's first Rooppur nuclear power plant.

Bangladesh could generate 6,500 megawatts of solar electricity in the next three years if the country invests $11 billion in solar instead of importing LNG from the spot market at the same cost, said global energy think-tank Ember.

The second and final reactor of the Rooppur power plant will be installed today -- marking the most important development in the construction of the country’s first nuclear power-source.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said Bangladesh remains prudent in taking precautionary measures on two key fronts -- food and energy security -- to deal with the challenges ahead due to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the installation of a reactor pressure vessel at the second unit of the 2,400 MW Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) on Wednesday amid high enthusiasm for the country’s maiden nuclear power plant, officials say.

Three factors caused the national grid failure on October 4, found the probe body of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh.

A “Large Indian Civet”, a small carnivorous mammal was found dead on Kaptai Road under Raozan upazila in Chattogram today.

The Bangladesh Forest Department has arrested two people when they were selling fox meat from Amin Colony at Amin Jute Mill area in Chattogram.

Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said there is no immediate solution to the existing load shedding as the government has reduced import of primary fuel to conserve foreign currency reserve.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said two engineers of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) will be suspended over the recent national grid failure.

The national grid failure in the eastern part of the country was not a technical glitch, it was a “man management problem”, said State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid yesterday.

India today (October 15, 2022) announced an increase in the windfall profit tax on the export of diesel and that on jet fuel exports with effect from October 16 in a move that will make the two products costlier.

The incident of national grid failure in eastern part of the country was not due to technical glitches, but a man-made problem, said Nasrul Hamid, the state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday rejected the electricity price hike proposal from the Power Development Board, saying  the data provided is insufficient.

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has backtracked on its recent move to hike the bulk electricity price.

Ghorashal Power Plant’s unit-5 will not be supplying electricity for the next seven days, the plant’s officials said.

A standoff over unpaid bills between the government and independent power plants that run on heavy fuel oil is hurting people when they are enduring the worst power crisis in a decade.

Power generation at unit five of Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant in Narsingdi was halted again today (October 12) two days after resuming.