Arbitrary act gives rise to energy costs
Bangladesh paid over Tk 1 trillion in capacity charge to power plants during the 14 years of rule of the immediate-past and now ousted Awami League government until 2023...
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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...
HC order sought to cancel power deal with Adani
A Supreme Court lawyer on Wednesday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive for the government to review or terminate its power purchase agreement with India鈥檚 Adani Group...
Bangladesh鈥檚 Payra power plant鈥檚 Unit 2 to remain offline for 2 months due to maintenance
One unit of the Payra 1320 MW thermal power plant in Patuakhali, Bangladesh will remain out of service for the next two months for essential maintenance, according to plant officials.
Fuel shortage forces Iran to impose power cuts in capital, other provinces
Iran is to impose electricity rationing in Tehran and other provinces from Monday because of a shortage of fuel in power stations, the official IRNA news agency said on Sunday.
17 power plants in Bangladesh spend Tk聽1,500cr producing no electricity
Seventeen state-owned power plants that generated no electricity at all during the past fiscal year spent over Tk 1,549 crore and also consumed 56.78 lakh units of electricity from the national grid.
If true, Adani鈥檚 deadline for payment is shocking, says Bangladesh鈥檚 interim chief鈥檚 press secy
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government has expressed optimism that it would be able to make the payment to Adani Power of India with an accelerated effort and stressed that the government would not be hostage to any individual power producer, no matter how powerful it is.
Adani to suspend electricity supply unless Bangladesh pays dues by Nov 7
Bangladesh expressed its surprise and shock after the Indian media on Sunday reported that Adani gave a fresh deadline to get a roadmap on the payment of its dues by November 7 or face...
Environmental violation rampant at Rampal
The government鈥檚 latest assessment of environmental and other compliances of the Rampal power plant has revealed rampant violations, exposing lives and nature to the hazards predicted by...
Load-shedding exceeds 1,500MW in Bangladesh as India's Adani cuts generation
Load shedding exceeded 1,500MW on Friday after yet another power producer, the Adani power limited, cut its production due to non-payment of bills.聽
Govt should bust nexus of tycoons close to Hasina
POWERFUL business tycoons, who had been close to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, have swindled $17 billion off the banking sector, as the Bangladesh Bank government has said in an interview with the Financial Times, during the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League. The central banker is reported to have said that the tycoons...
Power cuts, austerity reveal energy crisis
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...
Influence determines who gets paid first in power sector in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Power Development Board owed Tk 44,338 crore to power producers at the end of the last fiscal, as the national power company could clear only half of its dues to power producing companies.
Reform priority in power sector
THE power sector of Bangladesh was plagued with corruption, irregularities, and embezzlement of funds during the tenure of the deposed Awami League regime. In the 15 years, more than...
300 families without power in Kurigram for two weeks
Three hundred families in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram district have been without power for the past two weeks.
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...
Incumbent stronger than previous governments in Bangladesh: Fauzul
Criticising sections of people perceiving the interim government as 鈥榮oft to illogical demands鈥�,聽 power, energy, and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan claimed on Sunday that the incumbent government is the strongest in the history of independent Bangladesh.
Cash-strapped Cuba faces blackout after power plant failure
Cuba was racing Friday to restore electricity after the failure of the island's biggest power plant caused a nationwide blackout, coming on the heels of weeks of extended outages across the cash-strapped country.
BPDB piece rate workers demand job regularisation
The 鈥榩iece rate鈥� workers of Bangladesh Power Development Board on Wednesday demanded regularisation of their jobs.
Global economic power equation
AS CHINA marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People鈥檚 Republic, it stands as a testament to an extraordinary transformation. From the ruins of civil war in 1949, China emerged battered and impoverished, with few expecting the nation would rise to such global prominence. Over the past seven decades, China鈥檚 leaders have orchestrated a remarkable transformation, lifting over 800 million citizens out of...
MJF holds event on women鈥檚 empowerment
Manusher Jonno Foundation held an event titled Women鈥檚 Empowerment: Women鈥檚 Voice and Leadership Bangladesh Project was organised at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in the capital, said a press release on Wednesday...
Unsanctioned ink: graffiti power and public memory
WHAT started as emancipatory self-expression was soon subjected to the dominant aesthetic regime. What started as 鈥榗hika mara,鈥� a signifier of direct state repression, was soon turned into a sanctioned practice. But graffiti remains graffiti by virtue of its unsanctioned nature 鈥� the defiance and the subversive potential it...
Uprising only transition of power so far: discussion
Writer and professor Salimullah Khan on Friday at a discussion in Dhaka said that the July-August uprising resulted in only a transition of power and nothing new was born completely in the past two months...
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...
Coal power plants charge astronomical costs for fuel
Coal-fired power plants enjoy free rein to unfairly influence the cost of its fuel on the one hand, while on the other, they burn coal having quality far less than the one the government has paid...
Walton launches solar hybrid IPS
Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited has launched solar hybrid IPS that ensures environment friendly, renewable and affordable power supply, said a press release...
Rohingya crisis and regional powers
THE Rohingya crisis, which began in 2017 with the forced migration of over 700,000 Rohingya individuals from Myanmar to Bangladesh, continues to represent one of the most intricate humanitarian and geopolitical dilemmas in South and Southeast Asia. Bangladesh has been pivotal in offering sanctuary and addressing the challenges posed by this...
Bangladesh to sign tripartite deal to import power from Nepal soon: adviser
Bangladesh is poised to sign the tripartite agreement with Nepal and India soon to import hydropower from Nepal via Indian transmission lines, according to power, energy and mineral resources adviser Md Fouzul Kabir Khan...
BNP for army鈥檚 magistracy in areas with poor law and order situation
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday said that the interim government should rethink the decision of giving the army to exercise magistracy power across the country.
Russia assures of Rooppur plant completion
Foreign secretary Ambassador Md Jashim Uddin on Wednesday thanked Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Vikentyevich Mantytskiy for Russian Federation鈥檚 ongoing support, particularly in the implementation of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project...