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
A new Joint Venture firm is being formed to manufacture smart pre-payment meter in Bangladesh. The name of that newly formed firm is Bangladesh Smart Electrical Company Ltd (BSECL) which is a JV between two companies from Bangladesh and China. The two sides have signed a deal on Sunday at Bidyut Bhaban in the capital to form this JV firm. State-run West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd (WZPDCL) and Chinese... »
Industries and power plants in Bangladesh can save upto 50 percent of energy through using heat recovery technologies. An energy efficiency expert, based in Singapore, made this observation at a workshop organised by German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) in association with Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda) and Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) at a hotel in the city. Dr. Chandra Sekhara Reddy Chirla, who works for... »
Shares of the Companies from power sector have traded the highest turnover in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) last week. And as a result of this high amount of trade the rate of the shares of power sector companies have also increased. In the list of top 20 companies, three power sector companies secured the top 3 positions. Summit Power secured the first place considering both traded share volume and value.... » 
Four of the government officials from Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) got suspended due to load shedding for 2 times at the court while the verdict of 21st August granade charging case was reading out. Besides, the authorities have formed two separate probe committee to investigate the matter. The suspended engineers are network operation and customer service executive of DPDC’s Lalbag branch, engineer Md. Shahjahan Ali, executive engineer Md. Ahsanuzzaman,... »
Bangladesh and India has agreed to form a Joint Technical Group (JTG) to examine and explore the opportunity and scope of technical and financial issues for establishing a 765 kV transmission line, part of the “Super Highway Grid Connection” of India for electricity transmission from its eastern region to the western region through Bangladesh. This decision was taken at a Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting at Sylhet on Tuesday; however,... »
India wants corridor facility for electricity transmission from its eastern part to the western part through Bangladesh using a 765 kV transmission line, a transmission infrastructures to facilitate transmission of approximately 4,000 MW of hydropower of which Bangladesh would be allowed to buy up to 1,000 MW. Although the project is still not matured and yet to complete feasibility study but India wants a green signal from the present government... »
At the annual event of Asian Power Awards, also known as the “Oscar of the Power Industry” Summit Gazipur II Power Limited (300 MW) was awarded the “Fast-Track Power Plant of the Year” in recognition as one of the leading fast-track power plants in the world. Summit had completed construction-to-power generation of this 300 MW power plant only in nine months. For the same power plant, earlier this month (September... »
Experts at a seminar here on Saturday said the country could generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy in 2050 if steps are taken to achieve the target. “Scarcity of land is no longer a problem for solar energy as technologies are improving and different forms of new systems like floating solar and rooftop solar are coming up with more efficiency,” said Munawar Moin, president of Solar Module... » 
The state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid informed that, a total of 43 ministries and semi-government organisations have around 1 thousand, 435 crore and 31 lac taka due in electricity bills till 31st of may of this year. Nasrul Hamid has disclosed this information in an answer to a question asked by a parliament member named Md. Nazrul Islam Babu in a paliament session that held... » 
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the government is generating 10,500 MW-11,400MW electricity on demand basis. “We have brought 92 percent people under electricity coverage,” he said this while replying to a starred question from treasury bench member Morshed Alam of Noakhali-2 in the Jatiya Sangsad. The state minister said currently the electricity generation capacity reached to 20,133MW (captive and renewable energy), adding, “Presently... »