A COALITION of cross-regional states met in Bogot谩, Colombia in mid-July to discuss measures to disrupt Israel鈥檚 genocide of Palestinians. The subsequent commitments by some of those governments to end all material support to Israel and to uphold international law is an important development not just to end the genocide, but to counter the relentless militarism...
At least four people, including three from a family, were killed as a train rammed a CNG-powered autorickshaw at a level crossing in the Rashidnagar area at Ramu in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Saturday.
The entire Habiganj district has been left without electricity as a fire broke out at the 33/11 kV switching station of Shahjibazar Power Plant Thursday night...
THE government of China has formally embarked on constructing what is projected to become the world鈥檚 largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Zangbo river, known downstream as the Brahmaputra in India and Bangladesh. This mega-dam will comprise a cascade of five hydropower stations situated in Nyingchi, southeastern Tibet and will be capable of generating...
Robi Axiata PLC and the BIID Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding on Saturday to advance digital inclusion and social development across the country...
A memorandum of understanding was signed between Sundarban Delta Growth Initiative and the Arab contractor consortium Orascom Peninsula at the Khulna Club auditorium on Saturday, aiming to build a 600-megawatt solar power plant in Khulna, with an estimated cost of Tk 8,000 crore.
Enid Medina Guzman always has candles on hand 鈥� not for creating ambiance, but because one of the blackouts that plague Puerto Rico could strike at any time...
Changes in the powers of prime minister and parliament members are imperative for a new political settlement and a thrust in the economy, said finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Saturday.聽聽聽
Mohammad Wahid Hasan, senior secretary and chairman of the Bangladesh Energy and Power Research Council, said at a symposium in Chattogram on Wednesday that the country鈥檚 development activities could not be moved forward without research...
Multiple problems hit the publicly-owned 525MW coal-based Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant, accounting for almost half of the installed power generation capacity to meet the electricity demand in Rangpur zone, with its production dropping below 50 MW on Tuesday...
Tehran on Monday blamed European powers for the failure of the 2015 nuclear deal, accusing them of breaking their commitments ahead of renewed talks in Istanbul with Britain, France and Germany...
Vietnam鈥檚 plan to bar gas-guzzling motorbikes from central Hanoi may clear the air of the smog-smothered capital, but riders fear paying a high toll for the capital鈥檚 green transition...
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Monday assured Dhaka that the Chinese hydropower project on the Yarlung Zangbo river would not affect water flow to downstream countries, including Bangladesh as it is being implemented solely for electricity generation.
Bangladesh Society of Water and Power Engineers has recently held a seminar titled Sustainable Infrastructure and Strategic Planning: The Role of Engineers in Future Leadership at the Mukti Hall of the Power Building in Dhaka...
Bangladesh is expected to join over 50 countries using nuclear power peacefully as one of the two under-construction reactors of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Iswardi will go on production in October...
Disgraced South Korean ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted for abuse of power Saturday over his declaration of martial law last year, as investigators widened an insurrection probe...
Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt.
The government on Tuesday decided to review all the agreements on the Independent Power Plants (IPP) signed during the Awami League regime as there were widespread allegations of inconsistencies in those agreements...
The power generation at Kaptai Hydropower Plant in Rangamati has increased significantly following heavy rainfall that caused water levels in Kaptai Lake to rise.
The interim government has revised austerity measures for the current financial year (2025-26), dropping the provision of saving 20 per cent power and fuel oils from allocations under the annual budget...
A Dhaka court on Monday imposed a travel ban on Mohammad Hazrat Ali, a retired chief engineer of the Power Development Board, over graft allegations...
EDOTCO Bangladesh has signed an agreement with Tiger New Energy Limited to deploy sustainable power systems that drive greener connectivity and extend clean energy access to communities across Bangladesh, said a press release...
Referring to the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime in a student-led mass uprising, National Citizen Party convener Nahid Islam on Wednesday said that no autocrat remained in power forever...
Bangladesh has cleared all outstanding dues to India鈥檚 Adani Power, making a one-time payment of $437 million in June for electricity imports.
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority on Sunday inked Transaction Advisory Services Agreement with the Asian Development Bank for setting up Ground Mounted Solar PV (100-200MW) at National Special Economic Zone Project on a Public Private Partnership basis...
Reactor containment was successfully tested before fuel loading at the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant at Pakshey, Ishwardi in Bangladesh.
THE international order is undergoing a profound transformation. Once defined by Cold War bipolarity 鈥� and later by a US-dominated unipolar moment 鈥� the global landscape today is increasingly multipolar, fragmented and competitive. The rise of rival power blocks, overlapping strategic partnerships and a resurgence of regionalism are reshaping global politics across...
The blackout that engulfed a fourth of the capital Dhaka on Sunday night was the upshot of the city鈥檚 largest power sub-station going dead from a rare physical fault, said Power Grid Bangladesh officials on Monday.聽聽
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why the continued dominance of foreign employees at the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd, widely known as Rampal Power Plant, and the discriminatory pay structure between...
The National Board of Revenue has declared a set of reforms and adjustments in the national budget for the financial year 2025-26, with some significant changes in income tax, VAT, and customs duties...