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Investing in energy future

BANGLADESH stands at a crossroads. On the one hand, it faces intensifying climate risks, mounting fuel import costs and increasing energy demand; on the other, it has the opportunity to shape a more sustainable and resilient energy future. The national budget for the 2025-26 financial year, recently unveiled, provides a timely lens through which to assess how seriously...

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Power, energy budget trimmed

The overall allocation for the power and energy sector has been reduced by more than a fourth compared with the fund allocated in the outgoing financial year’s budget, with the interim government announcing on Monday its plan of reducing power production costs by 10 per cent.

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Atomic Energy Commission employees warn of tougher programme

Scientists, officers, and employees of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission on Wednesday announced that they would go for a tougher programme after Eid-ul-Azha if their 11-point demand — including the re-establishment of the commission’s autonomy — was not met.

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BAEC holds mass gathering for restoring autonomy

The scientists and staff of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission held mass gathering for restoring autonomy in all the institutions under the BAEC, at the head office of the commission in Dhaka on Wednesday.

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Trump signs orders to boost US nuclear energy

President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders Friday to boost nuclear energy in the United States, including by rolling back regulatory processes on a still divisive technology...

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3 RMG units get LEED certificates

Now Bangladesh has 243 United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certified readymade garment factories as three more units achieved status of green factories, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. 

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Energypac organises fire safety training at school

Energypac Power Generation PLC has recently held a fire safety campaign at Shailat High School located in Sripur, Gazipur with a view to raising awareness among the students, teachers and staff of the school about fire safety protocols...

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Govt should try all means to plug energy supply gap

A POOR state of the energy sector — 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 — has come to be a grim reminder of a bad energy planning of the interim government...

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BP profit plunges by 70pc

Britain’s 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...

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BAEC holds sit-in for restoring autonomy

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.

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Bangladesh’s energy crossroads

BANGLADESH’S 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...

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Atomic Energy Commission employees announce two-day sit-in

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’s autonomy.

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BAEC holds sit-in for restoring autonomy

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...

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Atomic Energy Commission employees warn of strike

Scientists, officers, and employees under the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission on Tuesday warned of going on strike—including work and service abstention—if the Ministry of Science and Technology did not address their problems, including stalled salary payments.

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Govt buys LNG from spot market at higher price   

The advisory council on government purchases at a meeting on Tuesday approved an Energy and Mineral Resources Division’s proposal to purchase one cargo of liquefied natural gas from the spot market at a price higher than the deals approved five days ago.

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Salaries stalled for Atomic Energy Commission staff

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...

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Green Energy Olympiad begins in Dhaka

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.

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BIDA urges BERC to revise gas price hike

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. ..

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Gas price increase for industries unjustified, discriminatory

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...

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Businesses warn gas price hike to discourage investments

Manufacturers in the country’s 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...