At the long last, the work of installing gas pipelines in Rajshahi has been started. The residents of Rajshahi city are expecting to get gas connections for domestic use by the year end. Paschimanchal Gas Distribution Company Limited (PGDCL) is doing the work of setting pipelines underground and putting of gas compressors and other equipment for supplying gas in Rajshahi. Though the need for supplying gas was deeply felt for establishing agro-based industries in Rajshahi, demands of industrial entrepreneurs have been completely overlooked.

Ramkrishnapur under Bheramara upazila in Kushtia has been primarily selected for setting up of 250KV power sub-station aiming electricity import from India. A four-member team visited the location. Ishtiaq Hasan, project manager of Bangladesh Power Grid Company, led the team. Sources said the team finalised its report recommending the location as the most suitable site for the sub-station considering the geographical and other facilities. The survey report was sent to the authorities.

 

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday reiterated her government’s pledge to solve the gas and power crisis for helping the industrialisation process, and once again blamed the BNP-led regime for its failure to initiate new plants to improve the country’s power situation. Hasina, while inaugurating the Dhaka International Trade Fair, also called upon industrialists to use solar energy in their corporate offices in order to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to the factories.

Bangladeshi nation has finally had sigh of relief that the verdict of the Supreme Court of the self confessed killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the undisputed father of the nation has been executed. 5 of the 12 convicted killers were executed at Dhaka Central Jail last night, one already died abroad, 6 others are hiding. Nation could finally wipe off its curse. Bangladesh from rule of Jungle returned to rule of law. The person who dedicated his entire life fighting for legitimate rights of the helpless Bangladeshis, person who spent most of his glorious youth behind the

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About 65 Tcf equivalent of high quality – high heating value, low sulphur and low ash bituminous coal at mineable depth in Greater Dinajpoor and Rang poor area is lying unexplored while Bangladesh struggles with its depleting gas reserve. From next week it starts gas rationing.

More than 1,000 miners at Barapukuria coal field in Dinajpur went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday demanding an increased ‘profit bonus’. The Bangladeshi miners, hired by the Chinese contractor of the state-run Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd, struck after talks with the BCMCL authorities failed on Monday night. The mining activities at the coal field, however, was not affected as BCMCL’s own miners continued to work, said a senior official of the company.

The Bangladesh government has approved a project to give away more than 30 million energy saving bulbs countrywide in a bid to save national power consumption.  The two-year project at a cost of Tk 279 crore will distribute 1.5 crore (15 million) bulbs in the first phase and 1.75 crore (17.5 million) in the second phase.

State-run Bangladesh Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) will raise its capacity by three times to reduce import cost and its reliance on foreign countries for petroleum products, a senior official said on Monday. At a cost of more than $1 billion, the refinery's capacity will be raised to 4.5 million tonnes a year from 1.5 million tonnes, the official said. "We find the plan viable after completion of a study done by Pakistan-based consultancy firm Enar Tech Service limited," said Rezaul Alam, the managing director of the ERL, the country's lone oil refinery located in Chittagong.

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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...

A miserable Bangladesh cricket team playing terrible all round cricket started its short Kiwi visit in the most disastrous way. A ten wicket loss in T 20 at Napier signals a gloomy prospect of the ODI and test series. Bangladesh batted awfully, bowled unprofessionally and fielded poorly. They were never in the contest. Adjusting with  pacy , bouncy New Zealand track is a bit difficult but crumbling like cookies against ..

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