Moheshkhali terminal runs out of LNG, Bangladesh's gas supply falls below 2,200 mmcfd
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Excelerate FSRU may remain offline until August 23, when its next LNG consignment is due
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Gas supply improves, but industries still struggle
18 August 2026
Bangladesh’s gas supply situation has improved from the severe shortages seen last week, but industries are yet to see a meaningful recovery as a larger share of the limited supply is now being diverted to power plants.
18 August 2026
LNG supply recovers but gas crisis lingers
16 August 2026
Bangladesh’s LNG supply has recovered with both floating terminals at Maheshkhali back in operation, but the gas crisis is unlikely to ease significantly, with combined LNG send-out expected to remain at around 70 percent of the two terminals’ combined capacity over this week at least.
16 August 2026
Summit LNG back online; Excelerate FSRU now offline
15 August 2026
Just as the Summit LNG terminal resumed feeding the national grid yesterday, Excelerate Energy’s terminal went offline following another technical fault, prolonging the severe gas shortage that has stifled economic activities.
15 August 2026
LNG supply worsens, chokes power output
14 August 2026
The gas crisis, which is in its fourth week, took a turn for the worse after Summit’s floating LNG terminal ran out of gas around 5:00pm yesterday.
14 August 2026
Lingering LNG crisis may drag power cut woes
13 August 2026
Worried over public outrage, Palli Bidyut Association asks for protection for its offices, grid
13 August 2026
Health costs far exceed cigarette tax revenue
12 August 2026
Smokers increasingly switch to cheaper brands
12 August 2026
Profit streak to cash crisis: BPC seeks Tk 18,699cr lifeline
11 August 2026
Citing the rapid depletion of its cash reserves, BPC said continued losses could affect its ability to open letters of credit (LCs) for future fuel imports, according to minutes of a BPC board meeting in July.
11 August 2026
Plagiarism found in work of two DU teachers
Over the last few months, plagiarism at the country’s premier university has been a hotly debated topic in the world of academia.
23 March 2021
Int’l Mother Language Award: PM to honour three individuals, one org
Three individuals and an international organisation have been nominated for the International Mother Language Award, due to be handed over today in a virtual programme by the International Mother Language Institute (IMLI).
20 February 2021
Mother tongue neglected in higher education
Bangla has long been neglected in the country’s higher education as a medium of teaching and learning mainly because of a lack of textbooks and adequate research work.
19 February 2021
Mugda lacks facilities for the elderly
Along with her son Rezaur Rahman and his wife Farhana Hossain, 84-year-old Rizia Khatun, an osteoporosis patient, went to the capital’s Mugda Medical College Hospital to take the Covid-19 vaccine yesterday.
8 February 2021
Get vaccinated, protect people
Mehedi Hasan took his weak and elderly mother to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University vaccination centre around noon yesterday.
7 February 2021
Primary schools may also reopen next month
In line with the resumption of secondary-level schools and colleges, the government is also planning to reopen primary schools and kindergartens after 10 months of shutdown.
26 January 2021
Power Generation: Overcapacity a new headache
As much as 60 percent of the country’s power generation capacity remained unutilised in 2020 because of a lack of demand for electricity.
22 January 2021
Household Gas Supply: Acute crisis hits many areas in city
Residents of many areas in the capital have been facing an acute gas crisis for the last few weeks due to an inadequate supply of piped gas.
19 January 2021
South Korea-bound students’ visa conundrum
Right after graduating in 2017, Hamim (not his real name) started submitting scholarship applications for master’s programmes abroad. In the meantime, he kept working as a marketing officer for a private organisation.
1 January 2021
The unlucky 7
A master’s student of chemistry at Dhaka College who was planning to finish post-graduation a while ago, he is now waiting impatiently for his remaining exams to be over so that he can shoulder some of the family responsibilities that his father bears alone.
23 December 2020
Not easy for vulnerable
Abu Taher, a 57-year-old man suffering from spinal pain, hip fracture, diabetes, and kidney problems, braved traffic in front of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University for three days on a wheelchair to be tested for Covid-19.
26 November 2020
Copyright should go to first publisher
As the first publisher of the books Bangabandhu Maney Swadhinota and 3053 Din, the Ministry of Liberation War and the prison directorate should have the copyright of the two books, recommends an enquiry committee.
26 November 2020
Survival Bid: BTCL strives to rise again
While many may not remember the last time they used a landline phone, some families still have it -- either gathering dust in storage or still displayed on the corner table in the living room.
16 October 2020
Graft obstructs a step forward
“IT-based rural post office” -- that’s what is written on the two-room pucca building of Koilain Post Office in Nawabganj, Dhaka.
8 October 2020
Solar home systems created 1.37 lakh jobs: report
With a ray of hope, Bangladesh’s solar energy industry’s 5.8 million decentralised solar home systems have created around 137,400 jobs, said the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
29 September 2020
Turtles tangled in fishing nets dying on Cox’s Bazar beach
Around 40 turtles were found dead on Cox’s Bazar sea beach in mid-July, due to injuries after being entangled in fishing nets, said a fact-finding committee.
21 September 2020
Semester System: Four public universities struggling
Students are deprived of reaping the rewards of the semester system in four public universities due to mismanagement by the authorities.
8 June 2020
Students serving free sehri, iftar
Hungry people, some with children, begin to gather near Raju sculpture on Dhaka University campus after midnight, and by 3:00am, there are almost 400 of them sitting down expectantly on the street.
5 May 2020
But who’ll run the tests?
With coronavirus positive cases increasing in the country, many are expressing dissatisfaction over the small number of tests being conducted every day and wondering about the possible reason behind this.
18 April 2020
Because they too need care
As the country spends days in a near-lockdown situation to curb the spread of coronavirus, street animals are having to go hungry with everyone at home and all shops closed.
26 March 2020