A four-member technical team from Bangladesh left Dhaka on Tuesday (July 27) for Kolkata to examine options to install power transmission line for grid connectivity under an agreement signed between Bangladesh and India on July 26. Led by Managing Director of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) Ruhul Amin, the team will sit with the West Bengal electricity transmission authority and visit several locations to examine the options to install a grid substation for the connectivity.

Bangladesh has signed a deal with India for buying power, six months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina signed an agreement with her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during her visit to New Delhi. Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Secretary Azizul Islam and Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCI) Executive Director Arun Kumar signed the deal on behalf of their respective governments at Hotel Sonargaon in the city on Monday (July 26). Under to the deal-valid for 35 years...

Bangladesh can meet about 80 percent of her power demand using renewable energy including solar and wind power systems. Dr Sajed Kamal, a scientist and teacher of Brandeis University, Massachusetts in USA, made the opinion at a seminar titled ‘Solar Energy Resource: Bangladesh’s Un-utilizing Energy Storehouse’ at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in the city on Friday. In his speech, Dr Sajed Kamal said: “Germany and the Latin American countries including Cuba are now planning to generate 80 percent of their power by..

The foundation laying ceremony of a 100 MW power plant was held in Keraniganj on Wednesday (July 28). Bangladeshi Power Pac Company in collaboration with Malaysian Mutiara Company is establishing the power plant, which will start generation from April 2011. State Minister for Environment and Forest Dr Hasan Mahmud was present as special guest at the foundation laying ceremony.

The Bangladesh government has asked the US oil giant Chevron to boost natural gas output by an additional 1,000 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) within the next couple of years to ease the country’s mounting energy demands.

Dhaka University Geology Department Professor Dr Badrul Imam has opined that Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) can be a good alternative source of gas while the country is plunged into a deep gas crisis.He made the opinion at a seminar titled ‘Prospects of coal gasification’, held at the seminar hall of Petrobangla at Petrocenter in the city on Sunday.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina while Presiding Over National Science and Technology Council [NSTC] meeting sated that her government will not take any whimsical decision on coal policy .It will examine all pros and cons before implementing it. Coal is the only other

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC)-run Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) will install 77-kilometer long submarine pipelines for straight supply of imported crude oils from the Bay to the refinery depots in Chittagong . ERL, a sister concern of BPC, has already launched preliminary work. It has taken up a TK 952 crore submarine pipeline installation project to ease the delivery intricacy and procrastination in shifting of fuel oil from mother tankers in the deep sea.

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Opening India’s doors to Saudi entrepreneurs, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said the “conditions are ripe” for moving beyond a traditional buyer- seller relationship to a comprehensive energy partnership, reports PTI.

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...

Bangladesh League champions Dhaka Abahani expressed their firm confidence to reach the semi-finals from Group B of the AFC Presidents Cup starting at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday. Four teams – Dordoi Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan, New Road Team of Nepal, Hasus NTCPE of Chinese Taipei and hosts Abahani

Bangladesh has called upon the developed countries for quick disbursement of the ''fast track'' fund of US$ 30 billion as committed in the climate conference in Copenhagen for adaptation. In the informal climate dialogue held in Petersburg last week, Bangladesh also stressed the need for technology transfer to developing countries for free to strengthen their capacity to combat climate change.