French energy giant TotalEnergies said Monday it was halting new investment linked to Indian conglomerate Adani, after the indictment of its billionaire founder on US bribery charges, an announcement which saw Adani Green shares lose 7.9 per cent on the Indian stock market...
Energy adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan has assured that contracts in the power and energy sectors will now be awarded based on merit and efficiency rather than political connections, a shift he believes will foster competition and drive economic growth...
Britain鈥檚 annual inflation rate jumped more than expected in October to back above the Bank of England鈥檚 target as households and businesses faced higher energy bills, official data showed Wednesday...
European powers and the United States have submitted a resolution censuring Iran for its poor cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, diplomats told AFP on Wednesday, as Tehran warned of a 鈥榩roportionate鈥� response if it passes...
South Asian countries, including Bangladesh, need $625b to fulfill their targets of renewable energy capacity by 2030...
The Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumer Association on Sunday called for a public hearing on recently drafted non-geostationary orbit satellite services operator licensing guideline...
The High Court on Thursday invalidated two core provisions of the Speedy Power and Energy Supply (Special) Act 2010, dismantling the special procurement and indemnity clauses that allowed the government to bypass standard protocols in energy projects...
Renewable energy producing companies are going to enjoy tax holiday facilities from next year...
Intermittent power outages despite substantial drop in the electricity demand together with the new austerity instruction issued on Monday underscore the country鈥檚 declining energy capacity...
India鈥檚 top solar module producer Waaree Energies shone on its market debut Monday after raising $514 million, as traders bet on increased global demand for clean energy components...
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on Saturday demanded immediate cuts in energy prices and holding ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and...
Energy experts at a meeting in the capital Dhaka on Sunday urged the interim government for taking pragmatic actions for renewable energy projects amid growing demands for power and energy as...
Investors at a discussion expressed concern at the suspension of foreign-funded projects in the renewable energy sector and requested simplified project approval and tax incentives to...
Bangladesh can generate maximum 5 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 given the pace the country is adopting the technology, said a report released by the Paris-based International Energy Agency on Wednesday...
Institute of Food and Radiation Biology鈥檚 chief scientific officer ASM Saifullah and the Institute of Nuclear Minerals鈥� chief geologist Md Golam Rasul have been elected respectively as president and...
The National Review Committee invited people to submit evidences or information regarding corruption in power and energy sector, according to a public notification issued by the...
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has increased the prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas by Tk聽2.88 per kilogram and auto gas by Tk聽1.58 per litre for the month of October...
The total number of LEED-certified green factories in Bangladesh has now reached 229, following the recent certification of three more apparel and textile factories by the US Green Building Council under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design programme...
Germany will support the reform initiatives of the Interim Government and has promised 600 million euro for renewable energy in Bangladesh, German ambassador in Dhaka Achim Tr枚ster said today...
Nepal Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari on Tuesday expressed the hope that his country would be able to start energy trading with Bangladesh soon...
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said on Tuesday that Germany would provide Bangladesh with one billion euro for renewable energy over the next ten years...
RENTAL power plants, set up as an emergency measure under an indemnity law to resolve power shortage soon after the Awami League had assumed office in 2009 that ended in a permanent arrangement to drain the state exchequer by channelling public money into private pockets through capacity charge payment, have not only been a great burden to the economy...
Civil society members, particularly green activists, on Thursday announced their expectation from the chief adviser 鈥� a set of 16 reformation in the power and energy sector.
Adviser to the interim government Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Thursday said that the government had embarked reforming the power, energy, road, bridges and railway sectors to fulfil the expectation of the people...
Global oil demand grew at its slowest pace since 2020聽in the first half of 2024 due to China鈥檚 economic slump, the International Energy Agency said Thursday, prompting the IEA to lower its full-year forecast...
The two-day energy finance conference of the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis began in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday with a call on the governments of Asian countries to accelerate energy transition to get rid of costly and unreliable fossil fuels...
Price of liquefied petroleum gas has been further increased to Tk 118.44 per kg from the previous price of Tk 114.79 for the month of September...
THE rental and quick rental power plants that have reared the ugly head since 2009 riding an indemnity law that the now deposed Awami League enacted to plunder the power and energy sector have now run to a constraining pass, warranting an immediate government action. While the law 鈥� the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply Act 2010...
WESTERN governments have finally realised that the energy transition is happening 鈥� and that the resources needed are mostly in Chinese hands. Transition minerals, by some dubbed the 鈥榥ew oil,鈥� are the key ingredients for renewables technologies like EV batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines that make the transition happen...
ON AUGUST 26, the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power, and Port commemorated the lives lost in the movement against an open-pit coal mine in Phulbari, Dinajpur, and expressed their sheer frustration at successive governments鈥� indifference towards the full implementation of the Phulbari Agreement...