Power & Energy

Ishwardi Correspondent : The first unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) under construction at Ishwardi in Pabna is likely to be commissioned by the end of this year. The second unit will be commissioned in 2025. This is what the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology are…

90 pc at consumer level Farhad Chowdhury : The government of Awami League for four consecutive terms began in 2009. From the beginning, the government took up the challenge of bringing electricity to people’s doorsteps. After overcoming that challenge, hundred percent of people in the country are now covered by…

January-September 2023 Mahfuz Emran : The Power Development Board (PDB) is facing huge losses from the financial year 2021-22. However, the government is not giving sufficient subsidy to the electricity sector to meet the deficit. Due to this, the power companies owe to PDB is increasing. The government waived the…

Staff Correspondent: The power and energy sector of the country is in trouble with a huge amount of debt. On the one hand, due to lack of money, they are not able to pay the price of electricity to the private centers on time; On the other hand, due to…

Average generation 13,208 mw against 31,000 mw capacity Mahfuz Emran : According to the data of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the total production capacity of the power sector in the country will stand at 31 thousand megawatts by the end of last year. The highest average daily generation of…

Unregulated power sourcing Zarif Mahmud : The cost of power generation has been rising for several years. In the fiscal year 2020-21, the average expenditure was Tk 6.61. It has increased by 67 percent in 2022-23 financial year in a span of two years. In this last financial year, the…

Rabiul Haque : The oil and gas search in the off shore has been suffering due to lack of investment. The government is trying to allure foreign investments by inviting international tender shortly.Neighboring India achieved great success early this year by exploring for oil and gas in the deep sea.…

Narsingdi Correspondent: To increase the production of urea fertilizer in the country, the largest Ghorashal-Palash Urea Fertilizer Factory has been built at Palash in Narsingdi. And this fertilizer factory is going into commercial production on January 28 this month.One of the mega projects of the present government is this Ghorashal-Palash…

Staff Correspondent : Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Energy Advisor Professor M Shamsul Alam has expressed fear that the government may raise the price of fuel again by bringing forward the special shortage or crisis. This expert believes that the gas crisis that is going on in the capital is…