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A South Asian rights group saturday called upon Bangladesh government to halt Rampal power plant construction in the Sundarbans until cleared by environmentalists. Fearing adverse impact on the largest mangrove forest in the world, South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), made the call today in a press conference at Dhaka. “We demand suspension to all construction work and other project activities until a comprehensive science based environmental impact assessment (EIA) is... »
The government would make an arrangement for providing 2.0 per cent of the country’s total gas and electricity to new industrial units through the Board of Investment (BoI) and it would come into effect from the next fiscal year, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Wednesday. Besides, the government was working on empowerment of the local governments so that they could work more effectively and independently, Mr. Muhith said. The minister... »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her government’s commitment to reach electricity to every house saying seventy percent people now have excess to electricity and much time would not be needed to reach electricity to every house. She extended her sincere thanks to the officials and employees of the power and energy ministry for their tireless efforts for increased electricity generation and give the country relief from nagging power outage... »
The United States remained the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons in 2014, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates. U.S. hydrocarbon production continues to exceed that of both Russia and Saudi Arabia, the second- and third-largest producers, respectively. For the United States and Russia, total petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbon production, in energy content terms, is almost evenly split between petroleum and natural gas. Saudi Arabia’s... »
Ranks Petroleum Limited, a concern of Rangs Group, has recently organized a knowledge sharing seminar with the industry officials from power and energy sector in Dhaka. It is the sole distributor of world’s number 1 brand Shell Lubricants in Bangladeshi market. Shell has a long term international relationship with Wärtsilä, a global leader in power and energy sector, to provide lubrication solution to its engines. To develop similar relation in... »
Nineteen directives given a year ago by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the Energy and Mineral Resources Division (EMRD) have lain dormant for the 14 months since they were issued. The prime minister issued the directives on February 6, 2014, in her capacity as minister for the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry during her first visit to her office at the ministry last year. Ahead of Hasina’s second visit... »
Karnaphuli Fertilizer Co. Ltd. (KAFCO) has contributed Taka 11,732,479.00 (Taka eleven million seven hundred thirty two thousand four hundred seventy nine) being 0.5% of its profit for its financial year 2013-14 to the Sramik Kalyan Foundation. Mr. Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, ndc, Secretary, Ministry of Industries & Chairman, KAFCO handed over the cheque to Mr. Md. Mujibul Haque Chunnu, MP, Honorable State Minister for Labour & Employment in a program... »
Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation, short-named Petrobangla, has received bids from five joint-venture geophysical companies for mapping out hydrocarbon deposits in the Bay of Bengal. The state-owned energy monopoly invited bidders to survey potential reserves of the country’s energy resources aimed at ensuring energy security here. It’s really a good response to conduct 2D multi-client seismic survey offshore, said Petrobangla officials on Sunday. Petrobangla hopes to award the job... »
Five international geophysics companies sunday submitted tender documents to conduct multi-client seismic surveys of Bangladesh’s offshore areas. The objective of the survey is to provide the oil and gas industry with 2D seismic data of the offshore areas of Bangladesh to aid basin evaluation, prospect generation and robust bid-round participation. “Five interested companies submitted tender documents to conduct a 2D seismic marine survey,” Chairman Istiaque Ahmad of the Bangladesh Oil,... »
Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury Bir Bikrom said, the foreign donors always advice us to increase the price of electricity and gas and use the additional money for the development of our industries. Mentioning that Bangladesh needs reliable power supplies to support industrial growth, which will not be possible if energy supplies remain under-invested and unreliable. He said, the country would witness reliable power supplies in... »