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
DEEPAK ACHARJEE: The government has taken up a project to construct 2,082.5 kilometres of transmission line and provide 19.5 lakh power connections to people at the grassroots level by 2020.The Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) will implement the project with a view to providing electricity in every house by 2021 as per the government’s “Electricity to every household by 2021” vision. Already, the BREB has prepared the project plan, titled... » 
The connection, enough to power a regular home, showed consumption of only 178 units of electricity. A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj, India was in for a shock to receive an electricity bill of Rs. 23 crore, for his home electricity connection of 2 kilowatts. The connection, enough to power a regular home, showed consumption of only 178 units of electricity. Worried about the huge amount charged for his electricity... »
The government is to set up a 150 MW diesel-run power plant in Syedpur of Nilphamari and it will solely depend on imported fuel from India. The fuel will be imported from Numaligarh of India. The power plant along with the pipeline that will be used for fuel import is expected to start operation from June of 2021. This is for the first time the country is installing a power... »
GCM Resources PLC has signed a Joint Venture (JV) agreement and an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract with China’s state-owned POWERCHINA for the development of a 2,000 MW coal-fired power plant in Dinajpur. The power plant will be using domestic coal, in fact, it will be a mine-mouth power plant and the project is estimated to cost nearly $4 billion. The agreement was signed on Thursday in a ceremony... »
The government is up to set up a 350 MW coal-fired power plant in Taltoli Upazila of Barguna district. The contractors are already preparing the power plant site land. The power plant is expected to begin its operation in 2022. The project is being jointly implemented by China’s ‘Power China Resource Limited’ and ‘ISO Tech Electrification Company Limited’, a subsidiary of ISO Tech Group of Bangladesh approximately cost of about... »
With $100 billion of existing and proposed thermal power plants in financial distress and low cost but variable renewable energy capacity best able to meet targets, India has an opportune moment to transform its electricity sector by introducing day-ahead market pricing, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said on Tuesday. A new IEEFA briefing note, “Flexing India’s energy system: Making the case for the right price signals... » 
UNB: Nasrul Hamid, who was made state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources again, will unveil a five-year future plan for the sector on Tuesday. According to official sources, Nasrul Hamid, who took oath as state stare minister on Monday, will present the new plan at a function at the Bidyut Bhaban. Nasrul Hamid served the ministry for the last five years as state minister. During his tenure, country’s... » 
India has revised its prevailing Cross-Border Trade of Electricity guideline, which has now enabled Bangladesh to import electricity directly from Nepal, Bhutan and other neighboring countries using India’s land. The guideline was published on 18th December of this year. Prior to this revision, in 2016, the guideline prohibited direct imports of power using the terrain of India which is now withdrawn. Now, Bangladesh will get a chance to import power... »
State-owned Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL) yesterday signed separate contracts with eight banks and financial institutions to sell its bonds under private placement to raise funds for implementing its power plant projects. Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury and State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid were present at the contract signing ceremony held at InterContinental Dhaka in the capital. Under the contracts,... »
The government is moving ahead with a plan to open a $35 billion investment opportunity for private investors in the country’s power transmission sector. According to official sources in the Power Division, the private sector`s enormous success in power generation has prompted the government to invite them to invest in the transmission segment of the sector. The latest government statistics show the private sector’s contribution to power generation hit 11,057... »