Energy Bangla

The energy regulatory commission has been advised to keep the rise in gas prices at a tolerable level, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said today. He said Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will hike the price of gas. “The government is working so that the customers are not dissatisfied. Prices must be kept at a tolerable level.” The state minister made the remarks while inspecting... »

State gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd on Monday said it has commenced India’s first-of-its-kind project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The hydrogen blended natural gas will be supplied to Avantika Gas Ltd, one of GAIL’s joint venture with HPCL, for retailing of CNG to automobiles and piped natural gas to households in Indore, the company said in a statement. ‘In line with the National Hydrogen Mission, GAIL has started hydrogen... »

The government has allowed export-oriented Bangladeshi companies to invest abroad and issued a set of rules in this regard through a gazette notification. Prior to the issuance of the rules, export-oriented Bangladeshi companies received approval to invest aboard based on a decision made by the Financial Institution Division and the decision was not made public, BB officials said. An inter-ministerial committee was approving the proposals for such investments of the... »

Price for Power, fertilizer and industries should be rationally adjusted. At the exploration campaign for oil and gas must be launched on war footing. Decision for mining of own coal and utilizing it for mine mouth power generation must also be started now upon carrying out economic analysis. That would relieve natural gas from mono fuel dependency. Speakers at Energy & Power Magazine organized webinar titled on Gas Crisis &... »

PR: A long-term agreement was signed recently between Rock Energy and Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, pursuant to which Chevron Lubricants appointed Rock Energy as its Sole Marketer in Bangladesh. This agreement entrusts Rock Energy with the marketing of Caltex branded lubricants in Bangladesh, including Chevron’s proprietary Havoline and Delo-branded lubricant products. Caltex lubricants have been available in Bangladesh since 2006 and the brand enjoys high levels of acceptance and recognition... »

(PR) – As a part of its ongoing annual scholarship program for financially disadvantaged, meritorious students, Chevron Bangladesh has awarded scholarships to 783 students from 23 educational institutions near Chevron’s Bibiyana, Jalalabad and Moulavi Bazar gas fields; about 64% of the scholarship recipients are female. Also included in the total are 55 scholarships for students who achieved excellent grades in the 2021 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) exams. The average pass... »

Three instruments were signed today between Bangladesh and Maldives on health, education, dual taxation, youth and sports, elevating the bilateral relations to new height. The signing ceremony was held at the President’s Office here this morning in presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and MaldivianPresident Ibrahim Mohamed Solih after the bilateral talks between the two leaders. The instruments included Agreement on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal... »

BSS/AFP: The World Bank’s fund to help the world’s poorest nations got a $93 billion injection of cash to help scale up aid for pandemic recovery and other programs, the institution announced Wednesday. It was the biggest replenishment ever for the International DevelopmentAssociation (IDA), which provides grants for 74 countries, most of which arein Africa, the Washington-based development lender said. The package includes $23.5 billion of contributions from 48 high-... »

BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all to make a vow of deploying their full strength to build the country as a developed, prosperous and non-communal “Sonar Bangla” being imbued with the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “Today, on the occasion of golden jubilee of the country’s independence and the Victory Day of Mujib’s year, I swear with a strong voice that I will... »

Chevron Bangladesh President, Eric M. Walker recently paid a visit to two of Swisscontact’s Dhaka-based youth skill development projects. During the visit, Walker spoke to the trainees, inquiring about their reasons for joining the training and their future plans. The trainees also showed off their skills through live, practical demonstrations. At the end of the visit, he participated in the completion ceremony for the mobile phone servicing course, distributing certificates... »