Bangladesh to procure 2 LNG cargoes from spot market
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Power and Energy
Barapukuria power plant unit-1 resumes operation after a day
15 August 2026
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Power and Energy
Barapukuria power plant unit-1 shut down over mechanical failure
14 August 2026
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Power and Energy
Summit resumes LNG supply to national grid
14 August 2026
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Power and Energy
Gas crisis hits Chattogram again as LNG vessel unable to berth due to rough sea
13 August 2026
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Power and Energy
Lingering LNG crisis may drag power cut woes
13 August 2026
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Power and Energy
Only 3 CNG stations operating in Narayanganj as drivers wait for hours
12 August 2026
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Power and Energy
Shops, markets must close by 8pm as govt tightens power-saving measures
12 August 2026
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Power and Energy
Huawei launches grid-forming inverter, large-scale battery storage system
12 August 2026
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Business
Rooftop solar panels can add 3,600MWp to national grid
12 August 2026
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Bangladesh
Nepal, Bangladesh agree to sign 25-year power sale deal
Officials from Kathmandu and Dhaka have agreed to sign a long-term agreement for the export of 40MW electricity from Nepal to Bangladesh
10 July 2023
Undersea pipeline stops working after 3 days
Only three days after it began operation, the country’s first undersea pipeline went out of service on Wednesday afternoon due to a "fault"
8 July 2023
LPG price reduced again, 12kg cylinder now at Tk 999
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has slashed the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) again.
3 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
Amara Raja bags solar project worth $130m in Bangladesh
Amara Raja Infra Pvt Ltd (ARIPL), a part of the $1.75 billion Amara Raja Group, has secured a contract for installing a solar power plant worth $130 million in Bangladesh's Jamalpur
27 June 2023
Power supply from Adani plant’s second unit begins
Bangladesh now can import more electricity from the Adani power plant in India as the second unit of it started commercial operation
26 June 2023
Control rooms opened to ensure smooth power supply during Eid
Power Division has opened control rooms for its six distributions and one transmission entities to ensure smooth electricity supply across the country during the holy Eid-ul-Azha..In an office order, the Power Division published the names of the organisations and their responsible official
25 June 2023
Payra Power Plant resumes operations after 20 days
Payra Power Plant has resumed its operation from this morning after being closed for 20 days due to coal shortage
25 June 2023
64,300 tonnes of coal for Matarbari power plant arrives
A ship carrying 64,300 tonnes of coal for the Matarbari coal-fired power plant in Cox's Bazar's Maheshkhali arrived here from Indonesia today
23 June 2023
Ship with coal reaches port, power generation to resume Sunday
A ship carrying 41,207 tonnes of coal reached Payra port from Indonesia early today.
23 June 2023
Bangladesh to import more power from India next year
Seeks investment in Mongla, Mirsarai SEZs from its largest
22 June 2023
67.2 lakh MMBtu LNG, 95,000 MT fertilizer to be imported
Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a meeting today approved a total of 34 proposals, including import of two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from international spot market, 50,000 metric tonnes of rice bran oil, and 95,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser
22 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
Load-shedding returns to Sylhet after election
The "election electricity," a term that dwellers of Sylhet city coined to describe the continuous supply of power ahead of the Sylhet city polls, went away this morning, a day after the election
22 June 2023
Bangladesh signs new LNG deal with Oman
Under the new deal, Oman will supply an additional up to 1.5 MTPA of LNG for the next 10 years from 2026
19 June 2023
Pay Tk 7 lakh or live without gas
A consumer was allegedly forced to pay Tk 1.7 lakh to a team of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Limited (KGDCL) in Chattogram city.
18 June 2023
60,000MW of electricity by 2041: Nasrul
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today told parliament that the government has taken programmes to generate 40,000MW of power by 2030 and 60,000MW by 2041
15 June 2023
Aminbazar landfill plant to generate 42.5MW power: LGRD minister
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam today said 42.5MW power will be generated from mixed waste at Aminbazar landfill once the project is completed
15 June 2023
Activists urge ADB to stop financing Rupsha power plant
Activists of three organisations have urged the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to stop financing the Rupsha power plant, which, according to them, will be burden on the country due to capacity charge and high cost of operation.
14 June 2023
Summit gets govt nod to set up country's 3rd floating LNG terminal
Summit Group is set to establish the country’s third floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Moheshkhali of Cox's Bazar to regasify more imported liquefied natural gas (LNG).
14 June 2023