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- Electricity Price Increase Withdrawn for Lowest-Consumption Customers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 Power Division has set a target to generate 10,000 MW electricity during the peak summer and Ramadan if there is available gas supply to power plants. “If gas supply is available, there’ll be no power shortage across the country. We can meet full demand,” Power Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus told a meeting at Biduyt Bhaban. The meeting was convened to discuss the power supply situation in the coming summer... » 
Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Pvt Ltd (BIFPCL) issued Tuesday a notice to proceed to Indian BHEL for executing contract for coal based thermal power project at Rampal in Bangladesh. The state-owned Indian company announced it got the $1.5 billion export order for the 1,320 MW thermal power station. In order to meet stringent environmental norms, BHEL shall also install a state-of-the-art FGD plant and Dry bottom ash handling system,”... » 
ABB has won an order worth around $30 million, from Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd (PGCB), the country’s national transmission utility, to support the country’s power infrastructure expansion and meet its growing electricity needs. As part of the project, ABB will build two new substations and upgrade two existing substations, all located in the south-eastern parts of Bangladesh. The order was booked in the first quarter of 2017. The... »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is setting off towards Bhutan today. This is going to be a vital visit for the country’s energy and power sector after the premier’s recent India visit. In this 3-day visit of Bangladeshi premier to Bhutan, both countries are set to sign six agreements of cooperation and Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) including finalization of a $1 billion invest on hydro-power in Bhutan. Bangladesh is likely to... »
The state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that, the participation of the private companies in power generation is pleasant but their participation in transmission and distribution is still not enough. The state minister said so while he was spectating the deal signing ceremony as the chief guest of a 149 MW power plant of Kodda, Gazipur, held at the Bidyut Bhaban at the city on... »
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has offered export of up to 1,000 MW of electricity to Bangladesh during her meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “We have surplus power in West Bengal and since Bangladesh needs power for her economic growth, we can give power to Bangladesh,” Mamata told journalists after meeting Sheikh Hasina with Indian PM Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee. Bangladesh is receiving 500MW electricity from... » 
Bangladesh has been importing 100 MW of electricity from Tripura of India since 31st March of the last year and 60 MW of more electricity is likely to be imported soon from there as well. The cabinet committee on public purchase has approved the proposal of importing 60 MW of electricity from Tripura in a meeting that held at the secretariat on Wednesday. The committee also approved seven new oil-fired... »
India is likely to lend an amount of $3.57 billion to Bangladesh for the development of this country’s power sector. The loan agreement is likely to be signed in the Prime Minister’s next visit to India. Four more Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) regarding the country’s power sector are expected to be signed as well in the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s upcoming visit to India. Out of this $3.57 billion borrowed money,... »
Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB or REB) from now on will have to initiate new electricity connections within 7 days of applying for the household subscribers and within 28 days for industrial entities. A conference called, DGM (Technical) conference of 80 Palli Bidyut Samities (PBS) was held at REB headquarters in the capital on Saturday where the REB chairman Maj Gen Moin Uddin stresses on fixing the time limit for... »
Twenty-sixteen saw a “dramatic” decline in the number of coal-fired power stations in pre-construction globally. The authors of a new study say there was a 48% fall in planned coal units, with a 62% drop in construction starts. The report, from several green campaign groups, claims changing policies and economic conditions in China and India were behind the decline. However, the coal industry argues the fuel will remain essential to... »