Dhaka Sunday, Apr 28, 2024
Power Sector
Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Bir Bikram, said here today 55180 more people have been brought under power connections at Motlab Uttar and Dakhhin upazilas in the district. “We have built 521 kilometres new power lines at Matlab Uttar and Dakhhin upazilas for which 55180 people have got power connections,” he said while inaugurating the construction of 20 kilometre power lines at Narayanpur under Matlab Dakhhin.... »
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh, or CAB, says it will take legal action against the hike in the price of electricity if the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission does not reverse the decision in 10 days. CAB also called for a reduction in the ‘unfair and unreasonable’ expenditure in power generation, transmission and distribution and for a tariff on importing electricity. The BERC ignored public opinion and the proposal to reduce... »
The construction work of the 1200 megawatt coal-fired power plant at Matarbarhi in Maheshkhali of Cox’s Bazar will start on Jan 25. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to inaugurate the work and address a rally there on that day. On Friday, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid visited the project site. Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Hiroyasu Izumi, Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA Chief Representative... »
Discounts have been offered on opening any LCs (Letter of Credit) against importing machineries required to build power plants. The power plant implementer won’t have to deposit any money to open an LC. The banking regulation and policy department of the Bangladesh Bank announced the discount on Wednesday. The discount in opening any LC will be available for the power plant implementers until 3oth September of this year. According to... »
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) today signed a contract with private owned Desh Energy Chandpur Power Company Limited for 200 megawatt (MW) electricity by nine months at Bidyut Bhaban in the city. The government has taken this initiative under fast track projects to increase power in the country as per its target to generate 24,000 MW electricity of the total generation capacity by 2021. Speaking on the occasion, State Minister... »
A total of 4,676 MW of power is waiting to be added to the national grid in this New Year. Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB or PDB) has already signed power purchase agreement with the concerned power plant companies. The cost of the newly added power might be a bit higher than that of the conventional plants as most of the newly operational power plants are fuel-oil based. Initially, a... » 
As part of business expansion plan, Summit Power Limited (SPL) has made changes in its Memorandum of Association (MA) at the 16th Extra-Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) held at Krishibid Institution Complex, Dhaka. With these changes Summit Power Limited will be able to generate electricity for Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) in addition to Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB). Furthermore, Summit Power Limited will be able to generate electricity for others... » 
Engineer Khaled Mahmood has been appointed as BPDB Chairman for 2 years contract after completion of his regular service as Chairman on 22 December. Engineer Khaled Mahmood was born in Mymensingh on 23rd December 1958. He obtained BSc. Engineering Degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in Electrical Engineering in1981. He joined the Directorate of Program of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) as an Assistant Engineer in 1981.... »
The government has undertaken another milestone plan to set up a new energy hub in the country’s southern part through installing four mega power projects and a small size LNG Terminal at Payra in Patuakhali district. Under the plan, around 9000-MW of electricity will be produced from here in the next couple of years, using coal and LNG to implement the power sector master plan. “To create this new energy... »
One of the heaviest travel weeks of the year began with the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Sunday at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, where a power outage left passengers stranded in darkened terminals or in aircraft idling on tarmacs. The outage paralysed operations at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport through Sunday evening. Even as power was being restored, the incident continued to wreak havoc on holiday travel... »