Power & Energy

Staff Correspondent: The High Court yesterday issued an order for the detention of the MV PanagiaKanala, a commercial vessel flying the flag of Liberia.The ship arrived at Mongla Sea Port on Thursday, carrying a substantial cargo of 31,000 metric tons of coal from Indonesia, destined for the Rampal thermal power…

Syed Nasir Hossain: Bangladesh and Nepal have agreed to a 25-year agreement to import 40 MW of electricity. An official of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) said officials from Kathmandu and Dhaka have agreed on the long-term deal, Kathmandu Post reported this. Although the two sides have not yet negotiated…

Industry Desk: Bangladesh now can import an increased amount of electricity from the Adani power plant in India, as its second unit has commenced commercial operation.The news has been confirmed by officials from the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) as well as sources within Adani.Adani Power issued a statement to…

Industry Desk: The New Development Bank (NDB) is eager to finance Expanded Dhaka City Water Supply Resilient Project and Replacement of Gas Pipeline between Dhaka and Narayanganj Project.The New Development will provide $677 million loan for the development of the water and sanitary sector and the gas sector of Bangladesh.NDB…

Investing Tk 190 cr Special Correspondent: Ilisha in Bhola got the recognition of the country’s 29th gas field. Considering the price of imported LNG under the long-term contract, the total value of gas stored here is estimated at about Tk 27 thousand crore. And from the acquisition of land, along…

Mahfuz Emran: The average cost of electricity production has increased by about 73 percent in one and a half years. Due to increase in dollar exchange rate, high-capacity charges of new generation large power plants, increase in coal and fuel oil prices in the international market, increase in gas prices…

Country sees over 2000 MW of power shortage Staff Correspondent: According to official sources, like the previous few days the country has been seeing over 2000 MW of power shortage.As a result, consumers across the country are facing power outages for 6 to 7 hours in different spells during the…

Diplomatic Correspondent: A two-day meeting of the joint steering committee (JSC) and joint working committee (JWC) on Bangladesh – Nepal power and energy sector cooperation is set to start in Bangladesh today with a target to address the transmission bottleneck in regional electricity trade.The JWC meeting is scheduled for May…

Industry Desk: Bangladesh has received a readiness certificate for the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, allowing it to procure fuel and begin operation.The certification was signed by Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant’s Project Director Dr Md Shaukat Akbar and Atomstroy Export’s Vice President AV Diary in Novosibirsk city,…