Gas supply to remain suspended 10am-10pm in N'ganj tomorrow

Gas supply will remain suspended from 10:00am to 10:00pm tomorrow (Sunday) in different areas of Narayanganj for emergency repairing works on pipelines
20 April 2024

Gas supply in northern dists to be halted for 60hrs from tomorrow night

Gas supply in northern districts under Pashchimanchal Gas Company Limited (PGCL) will be suspended for 60 hours from tomorrow night due to repairing work in the supply line
14 February 2024

PM for ending subsidies on electricity, water

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the authorities concerned to gradually come out from the trend of subsidies, initially on utilities like electricity and water, to reduce the burden on the state coffer
9 November 2023

Coordinated call centre launched to tackle power emergencies

A coordinated call centre with hotline number, 16999, has been launched in the power sector through which consumers of any distribution company can lodge a complaint and get a solution
24 August 2023

Gas supply to remain suspended in Banani for 4hrs tomorrow

Gas supply to the capital's Banani area will remain suspended for four hours tomorrow due to an emergency pipeline replacement work
22 August 2023

Gas supply to be suspended in Banani for 2hrs tomorrow

Gas supply will remain suspended for two hours in Dhaka's Banani area tomorrow for emergency pipeline replacement work
19 August 2023

Taqsem's term as Wasa MD extended for 6th time

Taqsem A Khan's term as Dhaka Wasa managing director was today extended by three years
3 August 2023

Gas supply to remain halted in parts of Dhaka for 8 hrs tomorrow

Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of capital for eight hours, from 10:00am to 6:00pm, tomorrow
30 July 2023

Fire at Muradpur sub-station in Ctg disrupts power

Electricity supply has been disrupted in different areas of Chattogram after a fire broke out at Muradpur 33/11 sub-station this evening
23 July 2023

Nat'l grid to get power from 2nd Rampal unit soon

The second unit of the 1,320MW coal-fired Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant in Bagerhat's Rampal has been synchronised with the national grid today
28 June 2023

$10 billion needed annually to import primary fuel for power generation: CPD

Bangladesh will have to spend annually $10 billion to import primary fuel for the operation of the power plants, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) at the seminar today
22 June 2023

Power supply to return to normalcy very soon: Mannan

Planning Minister MA Mannan today said power supply will return to normalcy very soon as the government is working sincerely to produce electricity in the country
10 June 2023

Official Facebook page of Desco gets hacked

The official Facebook page of Dhaka Electric Company Limited (Desco) has been hacked by miscreants
10 June 2023

Gas supply to remain off in areas adjacent to Dhaka-Aricha highway, Kaliakoir tomorrow

Gas supply will remain suspended for 8 hours on both sides of the Dhaka-Aricha highway and in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district tomorrow for emergency replacement and removal of gas pipeline.
7 June 2023

Coal shortage: Payra Power Plant to shut down after June 5

'We're struggling to import oil. We are diverting most of the gas to industries to keep those running,' says Nasrul Hamid
3 June 2023

TIB condemns removal of Dhaka Wasa chairman

Transparency International Bangladesh has condemned the removal of former Dhaka Wasa chairman Golam Mostafa, who had filed a written complaint against the organisation's Managing Director Taqsem A Khan last week
23 May 2023

Dhaka Wasa gets new chairman

Prof Sujit Kumar Bala has been appointed as the new chairman of the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) board
22 May 2023

Gas supply cut in parts of Mohammadpur

Titas Gas authorities suspended gas supply to six housing societies in the capital’s Mohammadpur yesterday.
15 May 2023

Gas supply to remain halted in some parts of Dhaka tomorrow

Gas supply in some areas of Dhaka will remain suspended for three hours from 2:00 pm tomorrow due to emergency replacement of pipelines..There will be no gas supply in Moghbazar-Mouchak-Malibagh Railway Gate areas on the north side of the road during the three hours for emergency replaceme
9 May 2023