A POOR state of the energy sector 鈥� where industries almost halve their production, power plants sit idle by the dozens, queues grow longer at filling stations and households wait until midnight to cook meals all because of constraining inadequacy in energy supply, especially gas 鈥� has come to be a grim reminder of a bad energy planning of the interim government...
Britain鈥檚 BP said on Tuesday net profit plunged in the first quarter as the struggling energy giant undergoes a major overhaul back to its fossil fuel business...
The scientists and staffs of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission held a two-day sit-in and mass signature campaign for restoring autonomy in all the institutions under the BAEC, including the head office in Dhaka, concluded on Monday.
A severe energy crisis has been affecting every aspect of life, commerce and business as the country passes yet another year of bad energy planning.
Energypac Power Generation PLC, partner of JAC Motors in Bangladesh, participated in the聽JAC Global Partners Conference 2025 in Hefei of China recently...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 energy sector stands at a critical inflection point, caught between the urgent need to meet growing demand and the imperative to transition towards sustainable solutions. The country has made impressive strides in electricity coverage, expanding access to over 96 per cent today. Yet this remarkable achievement rests on increasingly shaky...
Scientists, officers, and employees under the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission on Thursday announced a two-day sit-in programme, set to begin on April 27, to press home their demands, including the re-establishment of the commission鈥檚 autonomy.
Speakers at an energy fest in the capital Dhaka called on the interim government to ensure energy justice by ending discrimination embedded in the current power and energy system...
The scientists and staff of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission held a sit-in for restoring autonomy in all the institutions under the BAEC, including the head office in Dhaka, across the country on Wednesday...
Scientists, officers, and employees under the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission on Tuesday warned of going on strike鈥攊ncluding work and service abstention鈥攊f the Ministry of Science and Technology did not address their problems, including stalled salary payments.
The advisory council on government purchases at a meeting on Tuesday approved an Energy and Mineral Resources Division鈥檚 proposal to purchase one cargo of liquefied natural gas from the spot market at a price higher than the deals approved five days ago.
The merchant power policy that the interim government is formulating will facilitate renewable energy expansion, said Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission chair Jalal Ahmed at a green energy Olympiad on Sunday.
The staff of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has not received salaries and other payments after February this year, apparently owing to some disagreement between the science and technology ministry and the commission over the method of fund disbursement...
Castrol, one of the world鈥檚 leading lubricant brands, has appointed Rock Energy Limited as its exclusive distributor for the automotive aftermarket in Bangladesh, said a press release.
The two-day-long Green Energy Olympiad 2025 began in Dhaka on Saturday highlighting the role youths need to play to ensure sustainable and progressive development in Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority has urged the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to revise the recently announced gas price hike, saying that otherwise, it would affect the economic momentum.聽..
AN INCREASE of 33 per cent in prices of gas for use as raw materials and captive power in the industrial sector that the Energy Regulatory Commission announced on April 13 with an immediate effect is worrying for industries that plan to get new connections or expand their consumption. The plan is discriminatory. The increase will force factories seeking to use gas for...
Manufacturers in the country鈥檚 different sectors have warned that the hike in the prices of gas for new industrial and captive connections and for existing industrial connections in case of additional use would discourage new investments...
BANGLADESH adopted the Renewable Energy Policy in December 2008 with the ambitious goal of increasing the share of renewable energy in the country鈥檚 total electricity generation. At the time, this policy was a significant step forward in aligning the nation with...
Bangladesh has urged Finnish enterprises to invest in Bangladesh, particularly in sectors such as clean energy, green tech, innovation and digital services, e-commerce and textiles...
Peter Haas, strategic adviser of US energy giant Excelerate Energy, called on Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday.
BANGLADESH鈥橲 renewable energy ambitions remain largely unrealised, despite more than a decade of policy commitments. Today, renewable energy contributes less than five per cent of total electricity generation, according to Sustainable and...
Labour rights activists at a dialogue on Tuesday urged the government to formulate a national strategy for a just energy transition in the readymade garment sector to prevent unexpected job losses...
Experts, including environmentalists, at a policy dialogue on Thursday emphasised the need for an increase in renewable energy use for the liveability of cities...
Dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be driving the ever-faster expansion of the universe, appears to be changing over time, according to new observations released Wednesday.
Dark energy makes up roughly 70 per cent of the universe, yet we know nothing about it.
Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday accused each other of not respecting a halt on energy infrastructure strikes, after talks between Washington and the Kremlin aimed at ending the grinding three-year conflict...
AS THE economy revives from the July uprising, concerns loom regarding the nation鈥檚 way forward to attaining the objective of undergoing the renewable energy transition in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. A sub-target under SDG 7 makes it pertinent for all signatories of the pact, including Bangladesh, to substantially raise the share of renewable...
Bangladesh鈥檚 energy transition came to an abrupt stop with the country鈥檚 interim government struggling to find investors in renewable energy projects.
Frequent booing and screams of the word 鈥榮hame鈥� filled the air inside the indoor venue in Dhaka where the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday held its public hearing on the gas price hike proposal of up to 152 per cent...