Dollar Crisis: Power cut hits Khulna after halting Rampal plant

Khulna division has been experiencing acute load shedding even in the winter due to suspension of power production at Rampal Power Plant amid shortage of coal caused by the dollar crisis.The production came to a halt on January 14, only after 27 days the coal-fired plant in Bagerhat started electricity

Major coal-fired power project scrapped as Japan lifts support

A major coal-fired power plant project of Bangladesh has effectively been scrapped as the Japanese government, its main financer, has decided to no longer bankroll such projects, official sources said. The project affected by Japan’s decision is the Matarbari-2 coal expansion project. The government had been conducting surveys for the project

Coal-fired power plants can ruin Ctg

Chattogram division is at high risk of being one of the world's largest carbon catastrophes, said speakers at the launch of a study yesterday. Once all the coal-fired power plants come into operation in the division, they will have disastrous consequences for the local ecology and waterways, communities and livelihoods, health