Dhaka Tuesday, Jun 23, 2026
- No Plan to Provide New Gas Connections to Household Sector
- All Quick Rental Power Plants Retired: Power Minister
- Fuel Oil Sales: BPC Incurring Daily Loss of Tk 780 Million
- It Will Take Time to Break Free from the Cycle of Corruption in the Power Sector: Information Minister
- Electricity Prices Increased for All Consumers
- Approval Given to Purchase Three LNG Cargoes
- Diesel, Kerosene Prices Cut By 50p For November
- AI Boom To Fuel Natural Gas Demand In Coming Years, Report Says
- Bangladesh signs €477m deals with EU and EIB for renewable energy and more
- The Current Oil Price Rally Is Reaching Its Limits
Environment
DHAKA, Aug 18, 2024 (BSS) -Water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today said urgent measures will be taken to prevent illegal encroachment of wetlands and rivers. “As part of this initiative, unauthorised structures in Arial, Chalan, Belai, and Basila beels (wetlands) will be evicted,” she told a consultation meeting at the Ministry of Water Resources at the Bangladesh Secretariat here. Officials from the ministry and its affiliated offices and entities... »
DHAKA, Aug 16, 2024 (BSS) – Bangladesh is now the home of 60 out of the top 100 highest rated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified factories around the world-a testament to the nation’s commitment to green manufacturing and sustainability. According to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), two more garment factories in Bangladesh have earned LEED certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), raising... »
Among the 28 priorities announced for institutional capacity building, pollution control, waste management, environment, forest, environment and biodiversity conservation and combating climate change, 22 have been fully implemented, while four partially,” he told a press briefing at Bangladesh Secretariat here. The minister said if the partial implementation is taken into consideration, the execution rate will be 85 percent. Despite taking initiatives, two priorities set in the action plan were not... » 
A severe cyclone called ‘Remal’ started crossing coastal regions of Bangladesh packing winds up to 120 kilometres per hour tonight while authorities managed to evacuate over 800,000 people to safety. “The cyclone has made the landfall and started crossing our Khepupara alongside India’s West Bengal coasts,” a met office spokesman told BSS. He added that the storm approached from Bangladesh’s southwestern coastlines and West Bengal’s Sagar Island and was proceeding... » 
Severe Cyclone Remal has lashed the coasts of Bangladesh with devastating wind of up to 120kph and storm surges, inundating hundreds of villages and leaving vast swathes without power. The authorities reported at least two deaths caused by the cyclone in Patuakhali and Satkhira on Sunday night as people rushed to storm shelters or higher grounds with their livestocks. The storm was likely to complete crossing the West Bengal-Khepupara coast... » 
The depression over Eastcentral Bay and adjoining Westcentral Bay moved north-northeastward over the same area and was centred at 6pm today (Friday). It is about 745 kms southwest of Chattogram port, 680kms southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 710 kms south of Mongla port and 670 kms south of Payra port. It is likely to intensify and move northeastwards further, said Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in a latest special weather bulletin... »
1. On 14 May, we met in Paris at the Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, co-chaired by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania H.E. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Prime Minister of Norway H.E. Jonas Gahr Støre, the President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, and the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Dr. Fatih Birol. 2. The Summit organised by the... »
DHAKA, May 15, 2024 (BSS): Environment Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said the existing relations between Bangladesh and the United States(US) will be enhanced. “Significant strides were made towards enhancing bilateral relations betweenBangladesh and the United States, particularly in environmental and climaterealms,” he said. The minister said this while conducting a meeting with US Assistant Secretaryof State Donald Lu at the secretariat here today. Expressing optimism regarding the future of... »
Finance Minister AH Mahmood Ali has called upon the Asian Development Bank to make its climate financing concessional while placing five specific proposals regarding measures for tackling immediate economic concerns of the developing member countries (DMC) at this turbulent time. In placing the proposals on Sunday he said geo-political uncertainties are disproportionately affecting impoverished segments of the globe. Taking macro economic predicaments into consideration, policy-based support and concessional financing would... »
Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023, the United Nations said on Tuesday, with floods and storms being the chief cause of casualties and economic losses. According to the report, in India, severe heatwaves in April and June resulted in about 110 reported fatalities due to heatstroke. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst the impact... »