End to AL-made discriminatory energy system demanded
Speakers at an energy fest in the capital Dhaka called on the interim government to ensure energy justice by ending discrimination embedded in the current power and energy system...
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Interim govt鈥檚 energy policy echoes AL-era essence
THE interim government appears to be missing out on the chance to walk away from the power and energy policy that the previous Awami League government had continued since 2009 to offer predatory profits to independent and rental power producers. An absence of effective initiatives on part of the interim government, which has been in office for about...
Govt should get out of unequal AL regime power deals early
AN ABSENCE of effective initiatives on part of the interim government, which assumed office more than five months ago, to rein in profiteers that the previous Awami League government had placed in the power and energy sector during its 15 years of authoritarian regime has rightly come to be criticised. Whilst the power plants set up by profiteers...
Looking back 2024: Energy sector crisis keeps growing
The power and energy sector is set to give the interim government a rough ride in 2025 with its financial burden growing even bigger, mainly due to further increase in power overcapacity and capacity charge.聽
Merchant power policy on cards
The government is formulating a merchant power policy to unburden its power and energy sector liabilities...
HC strikes down indemnity in fast-track energy procurement
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...
Bangladesh needs greater focus on renewable energy
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...
NRC invites complaints on corruption in energy sector
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...
Cancellation of LNG projects, moratorium on coal demanded
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.
Indemnity law repeal comes first in power, energy sector reforms
A MAJOR way to reform the power and energy sector, which has plunged the economy into a serious crisis for the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League, toppled on August 5, is to repeal the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply Act 2010 that has all along safeguarded actors and their action in the sector by keeping...