Power & Energy
Power & Energy
Metro rail set to start by December 2022
Industry Desk: Bangladesh’s long wait for its first-ever metro rail is going to be over by December 2022 as work on the project has gained momentum despite disruptions by coronavirus pandemic, said MAN Siddique, managing director at Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd.Four train sets _ each comprising six air-conditioned coaches…
Read More »Telemedicine service to be launched at 16000 community hospitals
Staff Correspondent: The government has taken initiative to introduce telemedicine service at 16,000 community hospitals across the country and bring 2000 hospitals under digital service, said sate minister for ICT Junayed Ahmed Palak.The junior minister came up with the information while talking at a virtual seminar on ‘Digitalisation of health…
Read More »3,800 tons of Indian coal coming for Rampal Plant
Monthly 20,000 tons to be needed Ibrahim Khalil Jewel: The first consignment of nearly 3,800 tonnes of coal-for Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bangladesh-has left India.The consignment left from Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata for Khulna on July 2, reports the sources from Delhi.The coal has been extracted from…
Read More »Palak urges new generation to defeat anti-liberation forces
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak yesterday urged the new generation to defeat the anti-liberation forces who are out to destroy achievements earned through the Liberation War.“The anti-liberation forces are spreading false and fabricated information using the cyber space to obliterate achievements earned through our great Liberation…
Read More »Dreams to boost economy around Padma Bridge
Outlook of budget for FY 2021-22 Golam Mostafa Jibon: With the announcement of new budget for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22, the government dreams to boost country’s economy one more step around Padma Bridge as the long cherished demand of people living in the South-Western part of the country over…
Read More »10 coal-fired power projects scrapped
As part of master plan revision Staff Correspondent: The government has dropped 10 coal-fired power plant projects, with total generation capacity of 8451 MW, as it seeks to revise the country’s power system master plan (PSMP), State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said.The proposed plants are…
Read More »Nasrul for using pre-paid meters for electricity, gas
Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday laid emphasis on installing pre-paid meters to make effective contributions to the economical use of electricity and gas. “Pre-paid meters would make an effective contribution to the economical use of electricity and gas,” he said, addressing a…
Read More »Most pumps supplying adulterated fuel oil
Destroying car engines in short time Golam Mostafa Jibon: Stealing of fuel oils from most of the fuel pumps in the capital through different tricks is going on unabated due to lack of proper monitoring by the authorities concerned.On the other hand, adulterated fuels are being supplied randomly that damaging…
Read More »Progress of Matarbari power plant construction now 42 pc
Staff Correspondent: The overall progress of the 1200-megawatt Matarbari coal-fired power plant project is now around 42 percent while the implementation of Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) contract are around 52.11 percent.The Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL), the implementing agency, has a target to go for operation of the…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
