Dhaka Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
- Electricity Price Increase Withdrawn for Lowest-Consumption Customers
- Power Division Requests Review of Increased Electricity Tariffs
- Electricity Tariff Hiked: How Much More Will Consumers Pay Each Month?
- 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 High Court has asked the Rural Electrification Board (REB) to give Siam Khan, who lost his hands after coming in touch with torn wires of REB, Tk 5 million as compensation. The HC order said Siam’s family has to be paid the money within 30 days. After disposing of a rule in this regard, the HC bench comprising justice Kazi Reza-ul Haque and justice Mohammad Ullah passed the order... »
The Japan International Cooperation Agency or JICA has signed a loan agreement with the Bangladesh government to provide 178.223 billion yen (about $1.59 billion) for six infrastructure projects. Bangladesh will spend the funds on airport expansion, bridges, mass rapid transit system, power plant, underground power substation and water resources, JICA said on its website. Six projects are: expansion of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ($683 million), construction and repair of Kanchpur,... »
Bangladesh has installed 13,596MW power plants since independence, with the Awami League accounting for more than 61 percent of electricity generation capacity in the last eight years, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. During Wednesday’s parliament session, Hasina provided the figures, responding to a query by ruling MP Mamunur Rashid Kiron from Noakhali. She said the existing power generation capacity, including the captive power plants, stands at 15,351MW. Some old... »
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the government has a plan to boost the power generation capacity to 2,000 megawatts from the renewable energy sources by 2020. “The government is giving special importance to the renewable energy sources along with the conventional energy sources to ensure electricity for every house by 2021,” he said replying to a query from Jatiya Party lawmaker Semlim Uddin... »
The Nuclear Power Plant Project of Rooppur has got the highest budget allocation of 100 thousand and 136 crore taka as a development project of the government in the proposed budget for the fiscal year of 2017-18. According to the proposed budget, 10 mega top-priority projects of the government has got a total allocation of 32 thousand and 531 crore taka which is 21.21 percent of the total Annual Development... »
Finance Minister AMA Muhit in his budget speech said that, the country’s electricity generation capacity has raised while load-shedding was lessened. Already 80 percent of the countrymen has access to electricity, rest 20 percent will get access to electricity within the year of 2021. Country’s dependency on quick rental power plants will also start to decrease after 2018, he added. AMA Muhit also informed that, a number of 33 power... »
Country’s power sector has been placed on top of the priority list and it will be there from now on to through the next three years. The power sector will remain in the top position from the FY of 2017-18 to the FY of 2019-20 to ensure access to electricity for everyone within the year of 2021. The plan of putting the power sector on the top position of the... »
The power division on Sunday has organized its regular coordination meeting through a video conference from the Bidyut Bhaban at the city. The State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul Hamid has inaugurated this first ever video conference based coordination meeting of the division. While addressing at the coordination meeting the state minister said that, this kind of video conference could save a lot of time of... »
Bangladesh’s power plants have set a new record of power generation.The electricity generation on Saturday evening was 9,356 megawatt, which is an all-time high, according to Power Development Board Public Relations Officer Saiful Hasan Chowdhury. The previous record was of 18 april 9.212 megawatt. According to the PDB, power generation has doubled in the past seven years since the Awami League government took charge in 2009. The highest generation in... »
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the unstable power situation in the country would return to normalcy, to some extent, within Saturday. “It’s an unexpected disruption of power supply due to the collapse of Ashuganj-Sirajganj tower because of a cyclone and overhauling of eight power plants,” he told newsmen at a briefing at Bidyut Bhabana in the city. The state minister assured that power... »