Electricity price to go up from March 1: Nasrul

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

Big industries using illegal gas connections: Nasrul

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has urged the businessmen to stop the use of illegal gas connections."Whenever we visit a factory, we find that if there is a legal gas connection, there are three more illegal connections bypassing the main one", he told a seminar at Dhaka

Govt for setting power, gas prices based on int’l market: Nasrul

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that the government is now moving towards fixing power and energy prices on the basis of their international market prices. "We're preparing for setting the gas price through a market -based mechanism. Similarly, the tariff of electricity will be

Nasrul to businesses: Stop talking about rental power plants

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has urged the businesspeople to stop commenting on rental power plants as he ruled out any reduction in power tariff. “They (businesses) should talk about uninterrupted and quality power supply at affordable price…from which kind of plants they are getting electricity

Uninterrupted electricity at affordable price govt’s next challenge: Nasrul

The government’s next challenge is to ensure uninterrupted electricity at affordable price for all, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday. “Now, we’ll all work to ensure uninterrupted electricity at affordable tariff,” he said while exchanging views with reporters after the Power Division’s receiving of