Dhaka Thursday, Apr 25, 2024
EB Reports
The government order to shut stores and shopping malls at 8pm everyday to save power and fuel amid rising global energy prices is going into effect from Monday. The authorities fixed the date and sorted out other details in a meeting hosted by the labour and employment ministry on Sunday. Representatives of businesses were also present. Monnujan Sufian, state minister for labour and employment, said the ministry took steps to... » 
Falak Mia, a resident of Khaliajuri Upazila in Netrokona, wrestled with rising water to harvest nearly 30 tonnes of paddy from his flooded fields a month ago. His success meant he had enough rice for his family throughout the year and he could sell the rest to pay other costs. Now all seems lost. The warehouse he had rented has gone under three to four feet of floodwater. “I don’t... » 
All the lights on the Padma Bridge have been lit for the first time 10 days before the inauguration of the mega structure. As many as 415 lights along the 6.15 km bridge were switched on at a time on the stretch from Munshiganj’s Mawa end to Shariatpur’s Zajira on Tuesday. On Monday, 205 of the lights powered by the Mawa substation were turned on. The illuminated bridge dazzled the... »
Reliance Bangladesh LNG & Power Limited observed World Environment Day on 5th June 2022 with various initiatives around the project area. This year theme was ‘‘Only One Earth”, with a slogan “Living Sustainably in Harmony with Nature”. To create awareness, Reliance Bangladesh LNG & Power Limited, a 718MW (Net) Gas Based CCPP organized different activities among schools and community around the project area. The Company also distributed and planted 1050... »
The power and energy sector received Tk 26,066 crore for new fiscal year 2022-23, down by 1,418 crore, from the outgoing fiscal year 2021-22. Announcing the new allocation in his budget speech, finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that one of the major goals of the government was to ensure high-quality power and energy resources in order to meet the rising demand. ‘The government is committed to providing electricity access... »
Against the backdrop of a global economic crisis wrought by a mix of the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the government has rolled out a Tk 6.78 trillion spending plan with the aim of bringing Bangladesh back on the path to development. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal tabled the national budget for fiscal 2022-23 — the biggest in the country’s history — in parliament on Thursday The proposed... »
Three science officers from the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission have been killed in an accident involving a bus, a minibus and a truck in Dhaka’s Savar. At least 30 others have been injured in the accident that took place on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in the Boliapur region of Savar Upazila at 9 am on Sunday, according to Savar Highway Police Station chief Atiqur Rahman. Police could not immediately identify any... »
Proposed Price Hike Of Power, Gas
CAB Comes Up With Alternative Solutions
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) yesterday proposed alternatives to hiking gas and electricity prices and urged the government not to increase the tariffs. However, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resource said the government will adjust the prices in such a way that those remain “affordable” for consumers. He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will make the final decision in this regard. The CAB’s proposal and the state... »
Bangladesh would not be buying crude oil from Western-sanctioned Russia as its refinery is configured to process only oil from the Arab countries, said Nasrul Hamid, the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources. That was why Bangladesh had to regretfully decline, he told reporters at the capital’s Bidyut Bhaban at an event to mark the golden jubilee of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). Forum for Energy Reporters... »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the friendly countries and development partners to join hands in executing the Delta Plan-2100, saying her government has been implementing the plan to ensure a better and improved life for the future generations. “To implement the Delta Plan, cooperation or participation of all at home and abroad — our friendly countries or development partners — are solely needed in every field of knowledge, technology... »