Dhaka Thursday, Jun 4, 2026
- Electricity Tariff Hiked: How Much More Will Consumers Pay Each Month?
- Electricity Prices Increased for All Consumers
- Price of 12kg LPG Cylinder Reduced by Tk 55
- 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
Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) has brought a ‘Rooftop On Grid Solar System’ along with a ‘smart complaint management system’ and some other new technologies that will help to improve the quality of the services greatly of the utility service providers. DPDC brought these new technologies in the 4-day long National Power and Energy Week-2016 fair while the country is celebrating its ‘success’ in reaching 15,000 MW of power... »
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB or PDB) has brought a ‘smart meter’ to show off at the 4-day long National Power and Energy Week-2016 fair while the country is celebrating its ‘success’ in reaching 15,000 MW of power generation capacity. The smart meter is capable of communicating with the subscriber through a mobile phone interface. The subscriber will be able to check their daily usage statistics through an app. The... »
Today, the country is on its way to celebrate of reaching a historical milestone of electricity generation. The government decided to organize an ‘Alok-Utshab’ or light festival and fireworks in respect of obtaining 15,000 MW of power generation capacity. The government is also about to hold a few programs starting the same day in respect of achieving the power generation record. ‘Jatiya Bidyut Saptaha-2016’ is going to set off from... »
United Enterprise & Company Ltd, one of the corporate sponsors of Khulna Power Company Ltd (KPCL) has declared that it is willing to sell KPCL’s shares. Sources from Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) confirmed the news. According to the DSE sources, the corporate sponsor is looking forward to sell the entire holding of 127,469,456 shares of KPC. However, according to the regulation, United Enterprise will have to sell the shares at... »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina observed that a conflicting situation is created when there is an operation of Power Development Board (PDB) and Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB or REB) is in the same area. Then, the Prime minister suggested avoiding those two organizations to operate in the same areas. Sheikh Hasina made this decision on Tuesday while chairing a meeting of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) held... »
The government has approved a Tk 130 billion project to ensure uninterrupted power supply across Bangladesh. The ECNEC in a meeting on Tuesday, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, cleared the project called ‘Power Grid Network Strengthening Project under PGCB’. Planning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal later told journalists that the project will seek to strengthen the power distribution system in the country. We expect to achieve a power generation target... »
Matarbari of Maheshkhali, Cox’sbazar is now occasionally known as the next power generation hub of the country. In fact, the Matarbari project is the single largest project in the history of Bangladesh in terms of investment and power-hub utility support. The government has taken necessary steps to make this site as a one-stop destination for exclusive tourism, Export Processing Zone (EPZ), coal-fired power plant, special economic zone. Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury... »
Mayors from the largest cities of the country expressed their wishes to cooperate the Power Division to generate electricity from waste. The Mayors from the City Corporations of Dhaka north and south, Chittagong and Narayanganj made this call on today in a meeting held at the secretariat. The meeting was chaired by the state minister for Power Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid. Siddique Zobayer, a member of the Sustainable... »
One of Australia’s dirtiest power plants will be shuttered, its owner said Thursday, in a move hailed by environmentalists. After decades of belching pollution, the Hazelwood brown coal-fired power station in Victoria state’s Latrobe Valley will close in March after French energy giant Engie decided it was no longer viable. Some 500 people are set to lose their jobs when the plant shuts down, with another 250 remaining until 2023... »
Dhaka Power Distribution Company has taken an initiative to strengthen its capacity for power transmission and distribution in half of Dhaka city under its jurisdiction. The company has come up with the initiative in the backdrops of frequent power cuts every day, particularly in summer, because of its inadequate and old-fashioned infrastructures in power transmission and distribution, officials said. Besides, overhead cables of power transmission and distribution system of the... »