Another N鈥檊anj gas explosion victim dies
A 38-year-old woman who suffered burn injuries in an explosion from accumulated gas near BSCIC area in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital early Monday...
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Agreement, victims forgotten
The 19th anniversary of Phulbari Tragedy Day will be observed today with the demand of full implementation of the Phulbari agreement signed between the government and the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports...
Adopting LNG, biofuels stressed as alternatives
Academicians and other speakers on Tuesday at a discussion emphasised adopting Liquefied Natural Gas and biofuel to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the maritime vessels...
Four of a family among 5 injured in Sylhet gas cylinder blast
Five people, including four members of a family, suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in a house at Shah Paran area in Sylhet city on Saturday night...
Nagasaki bell rings in 80yrs since A-bomb
Twin cathedral bells rang in unison Saturday in Japan鈥檚 Nagasaki for the first time since the atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago, commemorating the moment of horror.
Mozambique insurgency a threat to TotalEnergies鈥� return
Jihadist insurgents in northern Mozambique have multiplied their attacks in the past weeks, causing mass displacements ahead of the possible resumption of construction on TotalEnergies鈥� huge natural gas project in the region...
China鈥檚 CCDC to drill 2 wells at Titas, Bakhrabad
Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL) and China鈥檚 CNPC Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Limited (CCDC) has signed an agreement to drill two deep exploration gas wells in the Titas and Bakhrabad fields...
10 hurt in gas balloon blast during July anniv celebration聽
At least 10 people, including a boy and an adolescent, were injured on Tuesday in Dhaka city when a fire broke out from the explosion of a gas balloon during the celebration of the first anniversary of the July uprising on Manik Mia Avenue...
KGDCL hosts July Uprising Day initiatives
Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited on Tuesday hosted a rally, flower bouquet offering, discussion and Doa Mahfil in Chattogram on the occasion of July Uprising Day, said a press release...
Hiroshima, Nagasaki and genocide
AS THE Zionist project devolves from apartheid and ethnic cleansing to the final solution of its decades-long genocide, we also commemorate 80 years since the August 6 and August 9 nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Let us consider what are the implications of remembering the nuclear genocide in this present moment of technogenocide in Gaza...
BP makes largest oil, gas discovery in 25yrs off Brazil
Britain鈥檚 BP announced Monday it made its biggest oil and gas discovery in 25 years off the coast of Brazil, as it shifts back to its fossil fuel business...
Turkey starts supplying Azerbaijani gas to Syria
Turkey on Saturday turned on a supply of natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria, whose infrastructure was ravaged by civil war, with annual deliveries expected to reach up to two billion cubic metres...
FIFA World Cup draw in Vegas on December 5: reports
Las Vegas will play host to the 2026 World Cup draw on December 5, according to multiple reports on Tuesday.
Former England star Gascoigne released from hospital
Former Tottenham and England midfielder Paul Gascoigne is recovering at home after being released from hospital.
Former England star Gascoigne recovering after collapse at home
Paul Gascoigne is recovering in hospital after the former Tottenham and England star collapsed at his home.
Titas cuts off illegal links in Dhaka, N鈥檊anj
As part of the ongoing efforts to curb illegal gas usage and recover outstanding dues, Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC conducted coordinated drives on Thursday in several areas of Dhaka and Narayanganj and disconnected hundreds of illegal gas connections.
Azerbaijan to export gas to Syria
Azerbaijan will send its gas to Syria in a bid to address the country鈥檚 energy shortages, Baku said Saturday as president Ilham Aliyev hosted Syria鈥檚 new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa...
Five of a family burnt in Sutrapur explosion
Five members of a family, including two children, suffered critical burn injuries in a gas explosion at their residence in Dhaka鈥檚 Sutrapur area early Friday.
Three of a family burnt in explosion from 鈥榞as leak鈥� in Dhaka
Three members of a family sustained serious burn injuries in an explosion apparently from gas leak at a building in the capital鈥檚 Jatrabari area on early Thursday...
Govt to buy LNG, fertiliser at Tk聽678cr
The advisory council committee on government purchase at a meeting on Tuesday approved separate proposals to procure one cargo of liquefied natural gas and 30,000 tonnes of fertiliser...
Gas distributors doing 鈥榗rafty鈥� business
Some public gas distributors continue to sell what they say more gas than they purchase and they boast officially the impossible feat as system gain, although the assertion is beyond logic and is often described in a bad light by energy experts.
12kg LPG price cut by Tk 39 for July
The price of a 12kg liquefied petroleum gas cylinder has been reduced by Tk 39, bringing the new retail price down to Tk 1,364 for the month of July, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission announced on Wednesday...
RMG, textile leaders urge easing gas permission
Leaders from the export-oriented ready-made garments and textile industries urged the government to exempt them from seeking repeated approvals from Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited for the internal reconfiguration of industrial and captive-run installations...
Online memorial for children dead in Hiroshima, Nagasaki
A Nobel Prize-winning anti-nuclear group launched an online memorial Tuesday for the 38,000 children who died in the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ahead of the 80th anniversary next month...
Jalalabad Gas, LafargeHolcim sign 10-yr gas supply deal
Jalalabad Gas Transmission and Distribution System Limited on Tuesday signed an agreement with LafargeHolcim Bangladesh for supplying gas at Tk 40 per cubic feet fixed by Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission...
Five members of same family burnt in Ashulia 鈥榞as cylinder blast鈥�
Five members of a family, including two women, sustained severe burn injuries in a fire reportedly from a gas cylinder blast in Ashulia on Wednesday morning...
No new gas connection to households, says energy adviser
Bangladesh interim government power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said on Friday that no new gas connections would be provided to households.
Govt brings 4 cargoes LNG to increase gas supply to industry
Power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has said the government has brought four additional cargoes of Liquefied Natural Gas to increase gas supply to industries...
Gas supply to RMG factories increases: Fouzul
Power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has said that gas supply to ready-made garment (RMG) factories will increase from Saturday...
Excessive dependence on LNG import is no solution
AN ACUTE gas crisis has severely affected industries and households in Dhaka and elsewhere. The supply of gas plummeted on May 29 after imported liquefied natural gas unloading had been suspended because of inclement weather. The power sector on May 27 received 941.3mmcfd of gas against the demand for 2420.9mmcfd while the fertiliser sector received...