Energy Bangla

Long time there is no electricity. From 9am to the afternoon. When will it be unknown? So in the hope of a little relief in Hatirjheel, rest with the family. Relief from wheat in the open air. This is the case of Madhubagh in the capital. There is no water from the morning because there is no electricity.

Faisal Khan has been appointed as the Additional Managing Director of Summit Corporation effective this July. Prior to the appointment, Faisal Khan was the Director Operations of Summit Power Limited and a member of the Board of Directors of all subsidiary companies under Summit Group. He was involved in the development of ten power generation projects totaling over 1,100MW in the past decade. As part of leadership succession planning of... »

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said the government has been giving subsidy in the power sector as the purchasing capacity of the common people is yet to reach the expected level. “We have kept lifeline tariff in the electricity for giving relief to the common people. We should not think about profit and loss for the REB (Rural Electrification Board),” he said at the... »

The UNESCO backed away from opposing the government’s plan to set up a coal-fired power plant near the Sundarbans because of arguments made about mitigating measures, the prime minister’s energy adviser has said Tawfiq-e​-Elahi Chowdhury briefed the media at Dhaka’s Biddut Bhaban on Sunday, over decisions adopted by the World Heritage Committee last week on the world’s largest mangrove forest. Representatives from Bangladesh were able to convince the international society... »

Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, the adviser to the Prime Minister on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs said that, the UNESCO has no objection anymore in installing coal-fired power plant at Rampal. But, before carrying out a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) study on the Sundarbans, the government can’t install the second unit of the Rampal power plant. The energy advisor to the prime minister informed the newsman about the objection withdrawal of... »

The UNESCO has given some conditions to Dhaka for implementing Rampal power plant project in the vicinity of the Sundarbans, to protect the world heritage site, a state minister claimed on Friday. Issuing a press release, the foreign ministry on Thursday said the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO had withdrawn its earlier objection to construction of the coal-based power plant near the Sundarbans, a project that triggered widespread criticism and... »

The government says the World Heritage Committee of Unesco has withdrawn its earlier objection to the construction of the coal-based Rampal power plant project at its current location. It has also refrained from adding the Sundarbans to the List of World Heritage in Danger. The decision was made at the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee being held in Krakow, Poland, says a press release issued from the Foreign... »

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... »