Dr.Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, adviser to the prime minister today said that the government has taken a plan to produce 5,000 to 5,500 MW electricity in the country although there is a huge fuel crisis. "Despite having a sever fuel crisis we have taken a plan to add 5,000 to 6,000 MW power to mitigate the nagging power crisis and feed the industries in the country. Off it 3,000 MW would be installed by the government and 2,000 to 2,500 MW would be installed by the private players", he said while inaugurating a 33 MW power plant at Mawna under Gazipur District today.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed by a slim margin, 219 - 212, the American Clean Energy and Security Act; the first piece of legislation from Washington directly aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions and tackling global warming. The try-to-please-all bill filled 1300 pages thus it’s safe to say that not one single Congressman could explain every detail, every nuance in the document. Most of them probably hadn’t even read the whole thing. The bill covered everything from cap-and-trade policy for emissions, to funding for more renewables, to carbon emission allowances.

Bangladesh is one of most thickly populated small river delta. Very fertile land, easy to plough and grow food grain makes its population extremely reliant on agriculture for years. A country subjected to frequent visits of natural calamities performed wonders in almost attaining food autarky. 150 Million People have two square meals, clothing’s to wear. Natural gas made significant contribution to its industrial growth over the years. These brave innovative never say die people are now suffering from energy crisis, fuel supply crisis.

Power outage turned severe across the country on Sunday and the daylight saving time introduced midnight past Friday failed to create any positive impact on the power supply situation.Most city areas faced outages for six to eight hours on the day, for one to two hours at a time, even during evening hours although clock in Bangladesh was advanced by an hour to have more daylight and save on power during evening hours.

Chevron, a US-based international oil company, has completed 70 per cent of a two-dimensional (2D) seismic survey in hydrocarbon Block-7 located in onshore and offshore areas of the country's southern region. According to official sources, the 2D survey is being conducted covering a total area of 460-km seismic line as part of oil and exploration programme. Of these, 250 km line is in onshore areas while the remaining 210 km seismic line is in offshore areas. The seismic areas cover parts of Barisal , Patuakhali, Barguna and Bhola districts located in the country's southern region.

বিশ্বে জ্বালানির চাহিদা ক্রমেই বাড়ছে৷ কিন্তু প্রচলিত জ্বালানির মজুদ দিনকে দিন কমে আসছে এবং এসব জ্বালানি পৃথিবীর পরিবেশকে মারাত্মকভাবে দূষিত করছে৷

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) last week rejected the Petrobangla proposal for export of two lakh tonnes of coal. The Petrobangla proposal to the MPEMR last month for export of coal due to storage problem and risk element, well placed official sources said. A total of 2.5 lakh tonnes of coal in the coal-yard of the Barapukuria Coal Mining Limited is now lying in the coal yard against the storage capacity of a total of 2.05 lakh tonnes, the sources added.

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is unlikely to strike a deal to import lubricant base oil from Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) as they demanded higher premium rate, oil sector officials said. The Indian state-owned IOC placed its demand for a premium of US$ 85 per ton of lubricant base oil during negotiations with a visiting BPC delegation that went to India last week. The three-member BPC delegation was led by its chairman, Anwarul Karim.

পাকিস্তানের উত্তর-পশ্চিম পার্বত্য অঞ্চলে সেনাবাহিনী-তালেবান জোর লড়াই চলছে৷ হতাহতের খবরও আসছে সেখান থেকে৷ জঙ্গিরা রকেট হামলা চালানোর পর সেনাবাহিনীও তাদের অভিযান জোরদার করেছে৷

A great deal efforts with the approval of the “stakeholders” are a pre-requisite for launching a successful cooperation in the energy sector. This has to be a step-by-step effort. The cooperation in the energy sector though widely acclaimed for its positive impact on the economy including enhancement of energy security and efficiency of economy for both India and Bangladesh, its realization is blocked by...

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said Friday that an expert team would go to Myanmar to assess the feasibility of importing gas from that country, Briefing reporters on her talks with Myanmar authorities, she said Myanmar had agreed to take back the remaining Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh . A list of the refugees would be sent to the Myanmar government in consultation with the UNHCR.

Bengal tigers were nothing more than Mickey Mouse in T20 world cup. Quiet unexpectedly they were knocked out of tournament with two crushing defeats in preliminary group matches. Loss against reigning champions India was not unexpected though. But crushing defeat against Ireland was not at all desirable, Nothing went right for us. Batting never clicked, bowling, fielding in fact in all departments Bangladesh faltered. The team never looked like winning.

Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a non-bank financial institution on Bangladesh, is planning to produce solar panels locally in an effort to bring the country's rural areas under power supply network in a faster way. "We've planned to produce solar panel to make it cheaper as well as expand our service areas in line with the government vision of 'Electricity for all by 2020'," IDCOL's newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director Islam Sharif told.

The country’s shipbuilding entrepreneurs could well prove to be the ‘geese with the golden eggs’. In early 2008, orders worth more than $400 million were in the pipeline and although this amount is not significant against the contribution made by remittances and garment exports, it should be borne in mind here that compared to all the other export-oriented industries...

India has been convulsed by terrorism in the recent past. This, along with a dangerous regional environment and the gnawing worries of economic uncertainties against the backdrop of the global crisis, has created an acute sense of insecurity in the Indian mind. The people have instinctively reached out to the Congress – India’s sure, tested ‘ruling party.

The government will start work on two medium size hydro power projects through local capital within this July and plans to complete them within two years, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Water resources.Officials said the two projects will go a long way in meeting the power shortfall, especially during the dry season . One of the projects is a storage-project, which will substantially enhance the capacity of the national grid during pre-monsoon season.