UNB: Bangladesh wants to partner with the United States private sector in research and development of uninterrupted and affordable renewable energy sources. Speaking at an Energy Roundtable organised by the USBangladesh Business Council (USBBC) in Washington, DC on Thursday, prime minister’s power, energy and mineral resources Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury urged US... » 
Summit Oil and Shipping Co. Ltd. (“SOSCL”), the first and largest private sector importer and supplier of fuel oil to Bangladesh, announced recently that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Commonwealth LNG to collaborate in the supply of LNG to Asia, including Bangladesh. SOSCL is part of... » 
PTI:The 1,320-MW Rampal Power Plant is being built by BIFPC, the joint venture between India’s NTPC Limited and Bangladesh Power Development Board.The first consignment of coal for a thermal power plant being developed by State-owned NTPC Limited through a joint venture in Bangladesh is getting ready at the port in... » 
The AIM-traded firm said the agreement related to its 572 million tonne high-grade coal resources at the Phulbari Coal and Power Project in north west Bangladesh. Under the agreement, the parties had agreed to establish a joint venture entity, which would be responsible for progressing and implementing the framework agreement.... » 
Khondaker Golam Moazzem: Despite repeated urgings, the government hasn’t been able to provide a clear direction in achieving its clean energy goals. Source: Star file photoRecently, reports of two contradictory developments in the power and energy sector have befuddled readers in Bangladesh. The first report was published on June 28,... » 
Reuters: Asset owners managing $6 trillion call for global carbon priceA coal-burning power plant can be seen behind a factory in the city of Baotou, in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, October 31, 2010. — Reuters PhotoInvestors managing more than $6 trillion in assets on Tuesday called for a coordinated... » 
