State Minister visits Bibiyana Gas Plant

State Minister for Power, Energy and Minerals Resources, Mr. Nasrul Hamid MP recently visited Chevron Bangladesh operated Bibiyana Gas Plant. Chevron Bangladesh Managing Director and President, Eric M Walker greeted him along with Muhammad Imrul Kabir, Director Corporate Affairs and Carl Bourque, the Bibiyana Gas Plant Superintendent. During his visit, the

State minister rides metro rail from Secretariat to Agargaon

State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury rode the metro rail with regular passengers today. The state minister's journey started at the Secretariat metro station and concluded at the Agargaon Metro Station, said Md Jahangir Alam Khan, senior information officer of the shipping ministry. He visited the office of Bangladesh Land Port

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

Next vision for ICT division is to create a smart generation: Palak

State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, during his speech at the coding contest organized by Samsung, said that the ICT division’s next vision is to create a smart generation. As part of a continued effort to boost problem-solving and research skills among Bangladeshi students, Samsung R&D Institute Bangladesh (SRBD) recently organized its

Master plan on tourism sector in the offing

 The government is formulating a master plan to take forward the tourism industry in a planned way, said State minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali on Tuesday. "The formulation of the master plan will be completed in December this year and through its implementation the country's tourism sector

Nasrul urges WB to expedite funding for power, energy projects

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has urged World Bank to expedite its funding to projects in Bangladesh's power and energy sector.  He made the request while holding a bilateral meeting today with visiting World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region, Martin Raiser, at the ministry,

We unmasked some people through Bachelet’s visit: Shahriar

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said the government had unmasked some people including a section of civil society and their political intentions through the recent visit of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. “We believe in engagement. We are committed and we have enough

Power supply situation better than last month: Nasrul

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has claimed that the power supply situation has been better in the current month than that in the previous month. "The power supply situation will further improve in the next month....the situation in energy supply will also improve", he told a