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Dhaka Friday,  Mar 29, 2024

Power Sector

The government has launched a Tk 1,228 crore project to provide 25 lakh new power connections in rural areas across the country under 77 Palli Bidyut Samities. The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved the project at a meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. With the implementation of the project, the number to power connections under Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) will rise... »
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved six projects, including the 33KV overhead line in underground cable one involving a total of Tk 568.80 crore. The approval came at a meeting of the ECNEC held at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Of the six projects, four are new and two are revised ones.... »
Despite having one of the highest allotment as a single unit in the last National Budget, the Power Division couldn’t manage to use or spend it accordingly. After assessing the Annual Development Program (ADP) the EnergyBangla team has found this gap between allotment and consumption. It was also found that, almost half of the allotted amount is unspent yet.  Later, in the revised budget the amount was curtailed. However, according... »
The government has taken initiatives to introduce power bond in foreign bond market for funding power projects in the country. “We want to collect $ 500 million for the PDB initially through introducing power bond in foreign bond market,” Prime Minister’s Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs Adviser Dr Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, said at a review meeting as the chief guest at Bidyut Bhaban. State Minister for Power, Energy... »
The ‘Go Slow’ policy is reintroduced. The government has started following this policy once again in introducing new electricity connection. Though it was declared officially for several times that the country’s production of power is sufficient, in reality, the scenario is not that favorable. No one can assure a new connection anymore on demand. Regarding this matter, it was heard that the Power Division has given instructions to the Power Distribution companies. Sources confirmed... »

Shortage in supply up to 2000 MW

Rural People Getting Less Electricity

New electricity lines are being provided in rural areas. Several lac new consumers are getting connections every month. But they get less electricity. Though the power generation has increased threefold in last 6-7 years, it is not reflected in rural areas especially in situations like summer, irrigation, drought, the rural areas remain without power for long. It has been depicted in report carried out by Rural Electrification Board (REB). In... »
The government has taken a decision to raise funds by entering into the Capital Market to install new power plants. The decision will get finalized within the following one month. The fund will be raised by the state-run Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL). The decision was taken on Wednesday during a meeting of Power Sector held at Bidyut Bhaban in the capital. Initially government has a target to raise... »
Projects like dredging the Pasur River to carry coal to the coal-fired power plant of Rampal and expansion of electrification in Sylhet division got approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). Electricity will be offered to the villages of Sylhet division and a 13 Km channel of Pasur River will be dredged for the smooth carriage of coal as per to the ECNEC meeting. The projects were approved by the... »
Confusion was created in an effort to generate tension over the Banshkhali power plant in Chittagong that spilled over into clashes last month. The violence left four people dead, says a government probe report. The three-member committee, headed by Additional District Magistrate Mominur Rashid, submitted its five-page report to Chittagong Deputy Commissioner Mesbah Uddin on Monday. Quoting the report, the deputy commissioner told bdnews24.com, “Locals were not aware of the... »
Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB or REB) has counted its consumer crossing 1.5 crores. Earlier REB launched a program of introducing at least 1 lac new electricity connections each month and they are successful. In fact, in the last April of this year, REB instantiated 2 lac 61 thousand and 58 new connections throughout the country and thus REB crossed the 1.5 crore landmark. According to REB, currently, Palli Biddyut... »