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Energy
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3 April 2026, 18:07 PM
Energy
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Energy
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3 April 2026, 11:05 AM
Energy
Elephant pair seen standing by dead calf for three days
3 April 2026, 01:24 AM
Wildlife
Govt may go to international court over ‘abnormally priced’ Adani Power deal
2 April 2026, 17:22 PM
Energy
12kg LPG cylinder price jumps by Tk 387
2 April 2026, 15:48 PM
Energy
Sylhet petrol pumps resume operations
2 April 2026, 12:08 PM
Energy
Fuel crisis deepens in Thakurgaon, bikers queue for hours
1 April 2026, 22:02 PM
Energy
US signals openness to Bangladesh’s request for waiver on Russian fuel
1 April 2026, 20:35 PM
Energy
“Large Indian Civet found dead on Kaptai road”
A “Large Indian Civet”, a small carnivorous mammal was found dead on Kaptai Road under Raozan upazila in Chattogram today.
17 October 2022, 16:32 PM
2 held for selling fox meat in Ctg
The Bangladesh Forest Department has arrested two people when they were selling fox meat from Amin Colony at Amin Jute Mill area in Chattogram.
16 October 2022, 14:48 PM
No solution for load shedding soon: Tawfiq Elahi
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.
16 October 2022, 10:09 AM
2 PGCB engineers to be suspended over grid failure: Nasrul
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.
16 October 2022, 09:20 AM
Power grid failure: Probe on to find if it was intentional
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.
15 October 2022, 18:00 PM
India increases profit tax on export of diesel, jet fuel
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.
15 October 2022, 14:04 PM
Nat'l grid failure wasn't technical glitch rather man-made issue: Nasrul Hamid
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.
15 October 2022, 13:03 PM
BERC rejects proposal for electricity price hike
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday rejected the electricity price hike proposal from the Power Development Board, saying the data provided is insufficient.
13 October 2022, 18:00 PM
No electricity price hike right now: BERC
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has backtracked on its recent move to hike the bulk electricity price.
13 October 2022, 06:01 AM
Ghorashal unit-5 stops production yet again
Ghorashal Power Plant’s unit-5 will not be supplying electricity for the next seven days, the plant’s officials said.
13 October 2022, 02:00 AM
Pvt power plants on heavy fuel: Standoff over unpaid bills hurts consumers
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.
12 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Power generation at Ghorashal Power Plant’s unit-5 halted again
Power generation at unit five of Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant in Narsingdi was halted again today (October 12) two days after resuming.
12 October 2022, 14:33 PM
BERC may hike bulk electricity price tomorrow
Amid a deepening power crisis in the country, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission may hike the bulk electricity price tomorrow.
11 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Ensure more coordination in power sector: Nasrul to ministry officials
State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid urged the officials of his ministry to ensure more coordination in implementing projects on development of infrastructures in the power sector.
11 October 2022, 13:56 PM
Bulk electricity tariffs to be announced Thursday
The new price of electricity at the wholesale level will be announced on Thursday, said Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Member (Power) Mohammad Bazlur Rahman today (October 11, 2022).
11 October 2022, 11:52 AM
Power generation at Ghorashal Power Plant returns to normal after 1 week
Power generation at unit five of Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant in Narsingdi resumed this (October 10, 2022) evening after a week of suspension following the national grid failure.
10 October 2022, 18:08 PM
Load-shedding may reduce from November: Nasrul Hamid
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that there is no hope of improvement in the ongoing load-shedding situation before November, as gas could not be imported.
10 October 2022, 15:24 PM
Elephant calf found dead in Cox's Bazar
An elephant calf was found dead in Modusia forest of Khutakhali union in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar today.
9 October 2022, 10:52 AM
An ode to Bangladesh's migratory birds
Bangladesh is said to have about 712 species of birds although the IUCN Red List of Bangladesh confirmed about 570 species.
8 October 2022, 13:10 PM
Hoolock rescued in Ctg; 2 detained
Police and forest officials rescued a hoolock gibbon, locally called Ulluk, while being trafficked to Chattogram city from its Lohagara upazila this morning.
8 October 2022, 04:29 AM