Energy Bangla

The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports has been holding nationwide protest rallies against Rampal power project near the Sundarbans. Some days ago, the organisation announced the protest events in every district sadar. The main event started on the premises of Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka with the participation of its activists, some leftist organisations as well as the common people around 11am. The event’s... »

Rampal, the most controversial coal-fired power plant in the country has been an apple of discord between the green activists and the government of Bangladesh. However, Prof Anu Muhammad pointed to a new dimension of this dissonance claiming that, the power plant will not only destroy the Sundarbans but also may damage the friendly relationship between India and Bangladesh. Sultana Kamal, convenor of the Sundarban Rokkha Jatiya Committee, urged the... »

Engineer Khaled Mahmud has been appointed as the the new chairman of the state-owned Power Development Board (PDB). Prior to his new position, he was serving as Member (generation) of the same organization. Replacing his predecessor Samsul Hasan Mia, the new PDB chairman took charge on Wednesday.

Negotiations failed once again on the issue of splitting up the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). Leaders of the trade union of BPDB tried to negotiate with the state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid in a meeting held at the secretariat office on Sunday but finally the meeting ended up without any settlement. The government is on the way to split up the distribution wing... »

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) and Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB) have threatened to call for hartal any time if the Gas price is raised. The leaders from both of parties also claimed to make the whole country stall if anything such happens. The leaders of CPB and SPB held a demonstration on Thursday before the TCB bhaban of the city. The president of CPB Muzahidul Islam Selim led the... »

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is about to be turned into a company. In fact, only the distribution part of PDB will be handed over to a new company called North-West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd. (NWZPDC) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has also expressed her consent in the transformation procedure of this state run organization. Today, the prime minister had a meeting with shipping minister Shahjahan Khan and state minister... »

The National Energy Security Day-2016 is being observed tuesday commemorating the historic decision taken by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on this day in 1975. President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate messages on the eve of the day. In his message, President Abdul Hamid said: “Following the footprint of Bangabandhu, Awami League government always gives priority to energy security of the country.... »

Monthly fuel import is down on a p2p basis. Crude Oil import in March 2015/16, for example, has fallen by 59 percent from the March 2014/15. Petroleum export rose on a p2p basis for February (9 percent), but experienced a large declines in the other 2 months (55 percent and 36 percent). Source: Petrobangla Gas production has been stable for the three months, with minor changes on a monthly basis.... »

Foreign investors have been feeling insecure in Bangladesh after an extremists’ attack at Gulshan in the capital city that killed 22 individuals including 17 foreigners. The attack was different and added new dimensions to the ‘terrorist’ activities in Bangladesh, Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Rupali Chowdhury said on Thursday at a monthly luncheon meeting on energy sector held at a city hotel. ‘It (the attack) was aimed... »

Police in Dhaka have broken up a demonstration protesting the construction of a power plant in Bagerhat’s Rampal near the Sundarbans. Tear-gas canisters were lobbed at a procession, which was heading towards the Prime Minister’s Office, at the capital’s Shahbagh area. The march, which started from the National Press Club around 11:30am, was stopped by law enforcers after it reached the Rupashi Bangla Hotel intersection around 12:15pm Tear-gas canister were... »