CNG stations to remain close from 2:30pm to 7:00pm
The government on Wednesday said that the compressed natural gas refueling stations in the capital would remain close from 2:30pm to 7:00pm during the Ramadan...
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Bangladesh decides to import two cargos of LNG
The advisory committee of the government purchase in a meeting on Wednesday approved two proposals for importing two cargos of liquefied natural gas...
Eight people sustain burns in N鈥檊anj gas explosion
Eight people, including four children, sustained severe burn injuries in a fire caused by a gas pipeline leak at a tin-shed house in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj early Monday.
PUBLIC HEARING ON GAS PRICE HIKE: BERC blasted by consumers
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...
Gas price hike will deter investment: businesses
The country鈥檚 business leaders strongly criticised the government鈥檚 proposal to raise gas prices by 150 per cent for new industries and industrial expansion, calling it a discriminatory move that could deter future investors and make Bangladesh less attractive for business...
Textile unit closures may surge amid rising gas prices: BTMA
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association president Showkat Aziz Russell on Tuesday said that textile sector in Bangladesh might experience a surge in factory closures as a result of further hike in gas prices...
Gas supply to remain off in different Dhaka city areas today
Gas supply will remain suspended for nine hours in different areas of Dhaka city on Tuesday...
One of Ashulia gas cylinder blast victims dies at hospital
Shiuly Akter, 32, one of the 11 victims who sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in Savar died while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital on early Sunday...
4 children among 11 hurt in Ashulia gas cylinder blast
At least 11 people, all members of the same family, including four children, sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion while making rice cakes at their house at Ashulia on Friday night.
Govt should overhaul power, energy sector policies
THE misuse of three special energy funds 鈥� set up with money set aside from gas and electricity sales every month to reduce power and energy sector expenses by investing in least cost power production, natural gas exploration and production and energy efficiency 鈥� tells how the Awami League government, toppled in a mass uprising in August 2024, breached laws...
Police use baton, sound grenades, teargas on recommended pry teachers
Police charged batons, and fired sound grenades and teargas shells and sprayed water through canons on protesting recommended primary school teachers, whose appointments were cancelled through a High Court order on February 6, to disperse them from a Dhaka city road Monday afternoon...
Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society holds meeting
The newly elected committee of Bangladesh Gastroenterology Society held the inaugural meeting at the La Meridian in Dhaka on Saturday...
Three of family burnt in Ashulia cylinder blast
Three members of a family sustained burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion in Ashulia, outskirts of Dhaka Thursday afternoon...
Industries reeling from persistent gas crisis
Industry insiders have said that due to years of interruption in gas supply, export-oriented industries and other manufacturing units were facing an acute crisis...
Ceramic businesses ask not to hike gas price
The country鈥檚 ceramic manufacturers urged the government not to increase the price of gas and demanded that necessary steps be taken to ensure uninterrupted gas supply to the ceramic industry...
Trump鈥檚 business partner keen to invest in Bangladesh
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 business partner, Gentry Beach, has expressed interest in investing in mineral and gas exploration in Bangladesh...
Shell annual profit drops
British energy giant Shell on Thursday announced a 17-per cent drop in annual net profit owing to weaker oil and gas prices as well as asset write-offs...
APPAREL, TEXTILE SECTORS: Trade bodies urge govt not to increase gas price
Apparel and textile sector trade bodies on Monday wrote to the interim government demanding suspending the plan to increase the price of gas for the industrial sector and captive power plants...
BGB allowed to use sound grenades, tear gas shells on border: adviser
Home affairs adviser retired lieutenant general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that they had allowed the Border Guard Bangladesh to procure non-lethal weapons like sound grenades and tear gas shells to use in the border areas.
BAPA warns of protests over VAT, gas price hikes
The Bangladesh Agro Processors Association has called on the government to withdraw the increased VAT and taxes on processed food products and cancel the proposed gas price hike within seven days...
LPG price hiked after VAT structure change
The price of liquefied petroleum gas has been slightly raised following a change in the structure of the value-added tax by the National Board of Revenue, according to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission...
Low gas supply for three days from today
The piped gas supply will decrease across the country, state-owned oil company Petrobangla said in a notice issued on Thursday, warning about a low pressure in the piped gas supply for 72 hours starting today noon.
Govt should, rather, improve efficiency and end corruption
PETROBANGLA鈥橲 proposal seeking an increase in gas prices supplied to industries and captive power plants by 152 per cent and 140 per cent respectively, which the government says is unpleasant and unavoidable, is worrying in that industrialists say that such a move would increase production cost that will eventually fall on consumers. Whilst the...
INDUSTRIAL, CAPTIVE GAS SUPPLY: Gas price hike of up to 152pc proposed
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission is evaluating a Petrobangla鈥檚 proposal to increase by up to 152 per cent the price of gas supplied to industries and captive power plants...
Russian gas cut triggers blackouts in Moldova region
The separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria ordered a second day of rolling blackouts on Saturday, as a shutdown in Russian gas supplies starved the pro-Moscow self-proclaimed state of energy...
Defeat plastic before it wipes us out
THE presence of plastics, from the Himalayas鈥� peak to Challenger Deep 鈥� the deepest known point of the seabed of Earth 鈥� highlights plastic pollution as one of the most severe environmental crises of our time. While challenges like greenhouse gas emissions remain uncontrollable, the escalating threat of plastic pollution demands immediate attention...
Gas supply may improve in Dhaka city, elsewhere this evening
Gas supply is expected to improve from Saturday evening in Dhaka city and elsewhere as a floating LNG Terminal resumed operation from 7:00am on Saturday after three days of suspension...
Gas supply to be low in Bangladesh for 72 hours from Wednesday
The state-owned oil company Petrobangla on Tuesday warned that the gas supply across the country will drop with consumers experiencing low pressure in the piped gas supply...
Purchase of LNG, fertiliser approved
The advisory committee on government purchase at a meeting on Thursday approved five proposals, four to buy 1.3 crore tonnes of fertiliser and another to buy 1 cargo of liquefied natural gas.
