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

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

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

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

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

UNDP launches '#Click4Wildlife' campaign to mark World Wildlife Day

The first of its kind, the online campaign calls for submissions of wildlife photographs in Bangladesh, a selection of which will be displayed in a virtual exhibition hosted by UNDP on World Wildlife Day
26 February 2023, 06:57 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

Lion ‘Tumpa’ dies at Dulahazara Safari Park

A lion died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Dulahazara of Cox's Bazar’s Chakaria upazila early today.
21 February 2023, 14:07 PM

Dollar crisis casts shadow over Rampal plant’s operation

Officials of the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL), which has been engaged in implementing the power plant project, expressed their concerns
16 February 2023, 15:09 PM

Govt to buy LNG at 16% lower price

At yesterday’s meeting, the cabinet committee also gave the nod to the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to buy 1.10 crore litres of soybean oil from City Edible Oil Ltd at Tk 174.5 per litre.
15 February 2023, 16:00 PM

Rampal power plant may resume electricity supply tonight

"If everything remains perfect, electricity will be supplied to the national grid from tonight," says managing director of Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited
15 February 2023, 07:25 AM

Russia says gas exports dipped in 2022 but oil up

Russian oil exports had increased 7.6 percent over 2022 compared to a year earlier
13 February 2023, 15:18 PM

Avian death traps around Barguna's orchards

How netting around jujube gardens is spelling disaster for birds
10 February 2023, 07:05 AM

Global energy prices drop, non-energy inch up in January

According to World Bank’s Pink Sheet, a monthly report that monitors commodity price movements
8 February 2023, 14:52 PM