Dhaka Friday, Jun 26, 2026
- PM urges global leaders to turn climate pledges into action
- No Plan to Provide New Gas Connections to Household Sector
- All Quick Rental Power Plants Retired: Power Minister
- 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
Power Sector
The industrial sector is set to face more power outages over the next two weeks with India further cutting down supply to Nepal, the Nepal Electricity Authority said on Wednesday. Citing supply constraints from the southern neighbour, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has been imposing unscheduled power cuts in the industrial sector from time to time for the last one month. NEA Managing Director Kul Man Ghising told journalists on Wednesday... »
Discussions on formulating strategies for the next national budget are now going on. It was announced by the finance minister that the national budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) would be placed in the National Parliament on June 09 this year. Among others, government’s intent for checking inflation and employment generation are likely to receive special attention in the budget document. As reported, government plans to allocate Taka 727.45... »
Bangladesh has offered to export electricity to Nepal in the winter season and import its hydropower in summer. In a bilateral meeting with Nepal delegates today, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid placed the proposal, according to a ministry press release. On the other hand, Pampha Bhusal, Nepali Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, urged Bangladesh to invest in Nepal to harness its hydropower potentials.... »
The ultra super critical thermal Rampal Power plant is expected to kick off its first unit in July this year to add 660 MW to the national power grid while it is set to go on full-fledged operation in November producing a total of 1,320 MW. “With following the government’s strict environmental policy, the 1,320 MW Moitree Super Thermal Power Project (Rampal) is being implemented with financial and technical support... » 
NEW DELHI: In a significant move, the Bangladesh government is considering a plan to enter into a cross-border exchange of electricity with India through the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX). The move will formalise the electricity trade and increase the scope of electricity exchanges between the two countries. The demand for Indian power is rising in Bangladesh which purchased 17.31 per cent more electricity from India worth 4712.91 Taka (Rs 4,150.99)... » 
Bangladesh have set a electricity generation record 14,423MW. BPDB source inform that the Country`s grid connected power generation was 14423MW on April 12, 2022 at 9pm. The previous highest power generation was 14001MW April 7 this year. Now Bangladesh installed grid power generation capacity 22,296MW. 
Weeks after a public hearing on gas tariff hike, the energy regulator will hold the same on a bulk tariff-hike proposal of electricity on May 18. The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) decides to justify the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board’s proposal to raise bulk tariff through the hearing, says a senior BERC official. Other stakeholders will also take part in the meeting. According to the BPDB, its subsidy requirement... » 
The country has generated 14,001 megawatts of electricity which broke all the records of electricity production in the country past. The country saw this record number of electricity production yesterday night at around 9:00 pm, Saiful Islam Chowdhury, director of Public Relations of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB), shared the information to The Daily Star last night. Earlier, on April 27 last year, the country generated a maximum of 13,792... »
India’s electricity shortage from March 1 to March 30 was its worst since October, a Reuters analysis of government data shows. A surge in power demand in March has forced India to cut coal supplies to the non-power sector and put on hold plans for some fuel auctions for utilities without supply deals due to a slump in inventories. Many northern states suffered hours-long power outages in October, when a... »
Uninterrupted electricity supply will be ensured across the country during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan. Measures will have to take for uninterrupted electricity supply during the Tarabi prayers in Ramadan, but also ensure it round the clock in the holy month, according to an inter-ministerial meeting held at Bidyut Bhaban in capital Dhaka on Tuesday. Prime Minister’s energy advisor Dr Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, spoke at the meeting as... »