State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday said power tariff will go up with effect from March 1. The power tariff might increase between Tk 0.34 and Tk 0.70 per unit, he said while talking to reporters at his office in the Power and Energy Ministry. This
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Efforts underway for uninterrupted power supply: Nasrul
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Saturday said that the government has been working to supply uninterrupted electricity at affordable price with taking challenge. "The power sector needs $75 billion in investment over the next 15 years to ensure uninterrupted power supply at affordable price," he said
GE offers high tech gas turbine to ease energy crisis
GE Gas Power, a world leader in natural gas power technology, services and solutions, is focused to generate electricity that is reliable, affordable and sustainable for the people in Bangladesh, said a senior official of the company. The company is confident that its highly efficient and record setting gas turbine technology
PM asks DCs to exercise austerity
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Tuesday directed the deputy commissioners (DCs) to make all-out efforts for increasing food production, to exercise austerity in using electricity and public funds, avoid less-important projects to face the current situation as well as to be devoted to building a 'Smart Bangladesh' by 2041. The premier
60mw wind power plant to begin production in June
As part of the government’s sincere efforts to expand clean energy arena in the country, a 60-megawatt (MW) wind power project is scheduled to come into production in June, official sources said. The sources said that a private firm US-DK Green Energy (BD) Limited is setting up the country's first and
Govt to generate 40pc power from clean energy by 2041: Nasrul
Ghorashal plant fails to meet 825mw repowering deadline
At a time when the government has been emphasising austerity and efficiency in the energy sector, two repowering projects aiming to add 825 MW to the national grid at the state-owned Ghorashal Power Station have missed their scheduled deadline to start operating. It is cheaper for the government to purchase
No more sufferings for power, fuel from next month: PM
Nepal to export up to 50mw electricity to Bangladesh
Nepal will initially send 40-50 MW electricity to Bangladesh but promised to supply more after a big power project being implemented in the Himalayan nation will be completed, newly appointed Nepalese Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari said on Tuesday. PM's press secretary Ihsanul Karim told reporters that the diplomat made the comment when
5 core issues played role in country’s development: Study
Five core issues - reduction in child mortality, increasing girls' schooling, access to electricity, population density and an aggressive nationwide investment in infrastructure - have played a key role in Bangladesh's development momentum. This has been revealed in a research conducted by Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury and Mahir A