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The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has undertaken two major projects aiming to address low voltage problem and improve power supply in Chittagong city within next two years. Officials said the state-owned transmission agency at a hotel in the capital on Wednesday signed two contracts worth Tk 293 crore with a Chinese firm, Jiang Su Etern Co Ltd, to build a nine-km underground high voltage transmission line, and set... »

The government has inked $205 million loan agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for increasing its access to reliable supply of electricity and improving efficiency and capacity of power systems in Bangladesh. Senior Secretary of the Economic Relations Division (ERD) Mohammad Mejbahuddin and Country Director of ADB’s Resident Mission Kazuhiko Higuchi signed the agreements on behalf of their respective sides, at a ceremony at ERD in the capital on... »

There is no need of cable to distribute electricity. It can be distributed by wireless technology. The cost of the device will be tk700. This new distribution technology was invented by some students of United University of Bangladesh. The technology was exhibited in power & energy fair-2015 at Bangabandhu International conference center (BICC). Four students invented this wireless distribution technology. Shamim Molla, A S M Mohibulla Chowdhury, Proshanto Kumar Dash... »

The government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore based Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd for setting up a 1,400-megawwat (MW) coal-fired power plant in joint venture (JV) at Matarbari of Maheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar. Managing Director of Coal Power Generation Company of Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL) Engineer M Abul Quasem and Executive Vice President and Head Group Business Development of Sembcorp Utilities Pte Ltd, Singapore signed the MoU on... »

A joint venture contract was signed on Thursday to set 230kv power transmission line for transforming power from Mongla among State-owned Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PFCB), Indian EMC and China TEB Company Limted. Transition line will transmit 660 MW of power to the national grid. Secretary of PGCB Company Mosarraf Hossain and President of EMC-TBE Anindya Mukherjee signed the contract. The projects has been estimated Tk 114 crore for... »

Md. Latif Khan,Vice-Chairman, Summit Power Ltd., has been officially elected as the new President of “Bangladesh Independent Power Producers’ Association (BIPPA),” an organizing body for the private power producers in the power sector. Mr. Khan was elected as President for the next two years on Monday evening through an election conducted by the members of the Board of Directors at the association’s office. Mr. K.M. Rezaul Hasanat, Mr. Feroz Alam... »

Bangladesh will get 100 MW electricity from Tripura on 16th December. Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh, and Narandra Modi, Prime minister of India, will inaugurate the power transmission through video conferencing. Recently it was discussed in a secretary-level bilateral meeting placed in India. Additional secretary of Bangladesh power department Dr. Ahmed Kaekause inform this. Power secretary of Bangladesh Monowar Islam and Power secretary of India Prodip Kumar Sinha lead... »

Government plans to permit the private sector for producing and marketing pre-paid meter.  In this connection Power cell (a sister wing of Power Development Board) will float a tender very soon. Power Development Board (PDB) will arrange a 30-day training program for the five distribution companie aiming to make expertise. Managing Director of power Cell Muhammad Hossain told the Daily Observer on Wednesday that “Aiming to develop the pre-paid producing... »

Rampal power plant can be made by saving power plant. However, Shunderban is neglected to implement of the Rampal project. Thursday, some expertise visited Koromjal of Shunderban 1320MW Rampal power plant by the invitation of power department of power energy and mineral resource ministry. State minister Nasrul Hamid was present there. On Thursday morning state minister, expertise and other related officials were come on helicopter. Expertise said, the plant may... »

A control room is going to be created to monitor the load shedding and generation. A consumer can be informed directly about his local power distribution situation from the control room. Replying of a question Power Secretary Monowar Islam said, “The consumer is suffering for load shedding crisis for the limitation of shabby distribution system. We have adequate power generation”. Mr. Islam added, to monitor the distribution system for 24... »