BTMA for enhanced gas supply, security
The country鈥檚 textile manufacturers on Wednesday called for an uninterrupted supply of both gas and electricity, along with enhanced security measures to ensure the sector鈥檚 survival...
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Environmental politics: a localised perspective
AS THE world grapples with the intensifying effects of climate change, countries like Bangladesh stand at the forefront of both vulnerability and leadership in the global environmental struggle. Bangladesh, while contributing only 0.56 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is disproportionately affected by climate-induced disasters such as...
Titas staff vandalises Petrobangla office over appointment of new MD
A section of officers and employees of the Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution PLC attacked the Petro Centre, the headquarters of the state-owned oil gas and mineral corporation Petrobangla, on Tuesday morning, protesting the appointment of its new managing director.
Titas MD鈥檚 contract cancelled
The contractual appointment of Harunur Rashid Mollah, managing director of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company, has been cancelled...
Reclassification of LNG, LPG bottling plants demanded to save environment
The Bangladesh Working Group on Ecology and Development on Monday sent an appeal to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, requesting the reclassification of liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas bottling plants as red category installments...
Sheikh Muhammad Shaheedullah remembered
Politicians, academics and professionals on Tuesday at a commemoration meeting in Dhaka said that Sheikh Muhammad Shaheedullah was a man who led movements for saving national wealth...
LPG price increased by Tk聽3.65 per kg
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...
Petrobangla promotes five 13th-grade employees to 9th-grade
The Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation has promoted five 13th-grade assistants to the position of 9th-grade assistant managers for its administration...
Implementation of Phulbari agreement demanded
National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports observed the 18th anniversary of Phulbari Day, placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital...
Full implementation of Phulbari agreement a must
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...
Phulbari tragedy victims, agreement forgotten
The 18th 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...
LPG price increased again, 12 kg cylinder to cost Tk 1377
Price of liquefied petroleum gas has been further increased to Tk 114.79 per kg from Tk 113.86 for August...
ExxonMobil profits up after Pioneer deal, Chevron earnings dip
US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil reported higher profits Friday as it pointed to the benefits of its acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources, while earnings at rival Chevron dipped on lower refining results...
Titas to suspend gas supply in parts of Dhaka for 9 hours on Friday
Gas supply will remain suspended for 9 hours starting 6:00am on Friday in different in the capital due to the emergency relocation of gas pipelines.
Ten more days till Summit鈥檚 LNG terminal resumes operation, Nasrul says
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid said Summit Group鈥檚 LNG terminal needed 10 more days to resume operation to supply imported LNG to the national gas grid.
LPG autogas station operators demand raising sales commission
Bangladesh LPG Autogas Station and Conversion Workshop Owners Association demanded an increase in the commission on the sale of LPG autogas for...
Repair of Anwara-Foujdarhat pipeline to improve gas supply: ministry
The repair work to Anwara-Foujdarhat pipeline has been completed by the Gas Transmission Company of Bangladesh, PGCB, and, therefore, it is expected that the ongoing gas crisis may ease, said a press release on Friday....
Power cut doubles in Bangladesh for LNG pipeline leak
A leak in the pipeline supplying liquefied natural gas at Anwara in Chattogram more than doubled load shedding on Wednesday compared with the day before...
Gas crisis turns acute again
The persistent gas crisis has turned acute in most areas of Dhaka, seriously affecting public life and forcing many to opt for alternative fuels and rely on food from...
Power supply to improve in 3-4 days, gas supply by mid-July: Nasrul Hamid
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday assured that the power supply situation in Bangladesh was expected to improve within the next three to four days, with uninterrupted gas supply anticipated by mid-July....
Sinopec to explore gas in Sylhet at Tk 444cr
The government on Wednesday appointed the Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corporation of China to drill an exploratory well and a development of a well in Sylhet...
Google greenhouse gas emissions grow as it powers AI
Google, despite its goal of achieving net-zero emissions, is pumping out more greenhouse gas than before as it powers data centres needed to support artificial intelligence, the company said...
Golabganj residents issue 7-day ultimatum for gas supply
Residents of Golabganj upazila in Sylhet issued a seven-day ultimatum on Sunday, demanding gas supply and threatening to seize the Golabganj Gas Plant on July 8 if their demands were not met.....
One more Bhatara gas explosion victim dies, death toll now 4
A woman, who suffered 55 percent burns in a fire at her residence on June 10, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Sunday, raising the death toll to 4....
Jin ends military service
K-pop megastar Jin from BTS ended more than 500 days of South Korean military service on Wednesday, crying tears of joy, with bandmates embracing him and one belting out a group hit on the saxophone to celebrate...
Toxic gas exposure kills one in Dhaka
A man died and over a dozen people fell sick after inhaling toxic gas in Dhaka鈥檚 Adabar area early Tuesday...
Woman killed as gas cylinder explodes in Bhola ice factory
An elderly woman was killed and two others including a child fell sick inhaling ammonia gas after a gas cylinder exploded in an ice factory in Bhola鈥檚 Daulatkhan upazila Saturday evening.....
Dhaka-Ctg Highway blocked demanding end of gas crisis
Around 700 residents of Siddhirganj in Narayanganj on Saturday blocked the busy Dhaka-Chattogram highway demanding a solution to the prolonged gas crisis.
Gas crisis cuts textile production by up to 65pc: BTMA
Production in more than 1,000 textile mills in the country has plummeted by 50-65 per cent over the past month due to a severe shortage of gas supply, according to the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association...
A greenhouse gas shipping levy is on the horizon
THE world鈥檚 first global carbon price is getting closer to becoming a reality...