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Atomic Energy Commission employees warn of strike

Scientists, officers, and employees under the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission on Tuesday warned of going on strike—including work and service abstention—if the Ministry of Science and Technology did not address their problems, including stalled salary payments.

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Govt buys LNG from spot market at higher price   

The advisory council on government purchases at a meeting on Tuesday approved an Energy and Mineral Resources Division’s proposal to purchase one cargo of liquefied natural gas from the spot market at a price higher than the deals approved five days ago.

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Salaries stalled for Atomic Energy Commission staff

The staff of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has not received salaries and other payments after February this year, apparently owing to some disagreement between the science and technology ministry and the commission over the method of fund disbursement...

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Green Energy Olympiad begins in Dhaka

The two-day-long Green Energy Olympiad 2025 began in Dhaka on Saturday highlighting the role youths need to play to ensure sustainable and progressive development in Bangladesh.

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BIDA urges BERC to revise gas price hike

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority has urged the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to revise the recently announced gas price hike, saying that otherwise, it would affect the economic momentum. ..

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Gas price increase for industries unjustified, discriminatory

AN INCREASE of 33 per cent in prices of gas for use as raw materials and captive power in the industrial sector that the Energy Regulatory Commission announced on April 13 with an immediate effect is worrying for industries that plan to get new connections or expand their consumption. The plan is discriminatory. The increase will force factories seeking to use gas for...

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Businesses warn gas price hike to discourage investments

Manufacturers in the country’s different sectors have warned that the hike in the prices of gas for new industrial and captive connections and for existing industrial connections in case of additional use would discourage new investments...

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RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY: Revision in order

BANGLADESH adopted the Renewable Energy Policy in December 2008 with the ambitious goal of increasing the share of renewable energy in the country’s total electricity generation. At the time, this policy was a significant step forward in aligning the nation with...

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Fixing renewable energy crisis

BANGLADESH’S renewable energy ambitions remain largely unrealised, despite more than a decade of policy commitments. Today, renewable energy contributes less than five per cent of total electricity generation, according to Sustainable and...

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Just energy transition in RMG sector demanded

Labour rights activists at a dialogue on Tuesday urged the government to formulate a national strategy for a just energy transition in the readymade garment sector to prevent unexpected job losses...

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In pursuit of energy sustainability

AS THE economy revives from the July uprising, concerns loom regarding the nation’s way forward to attaining the objective of undergoing the renewable energy transition in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. A sub-target under SDG 7 makes it pertinent for all signatories of the pact, including Bangladesh, to substantially raise the share of renewable...

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Bangladesh's energy transition comes to halt

Bangladesh’s energy transition came to an abrupt stop with the country’s interim government struggling to find investors in renewable energy projects.

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PUBLIC HEARING ON GAS PRICE HIKE: BERC blasted by consumers

Frequent booing and screams of the word ‘shame’ filled the air inside the indoor venue in Dhaka where the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday held its public hearing on the gas price hike proposal of up to 152 per cent...

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Power to be disconnected if AC runs below 25C: adviser

Power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Monday urged the country’s people to run their air conditioners at 25 degrees Celsius or above during the upcoming month of Ramadan and summer season.

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Govt should overhaul power, energy sector policies

THE misuse of three special energy funds — set up with money set aside from gas and electricity sales every month to reduce power and energy sector expenses by investing in least cost power production, natural gas exploration and production and energy efficiency — tells how the Awami League government, toppled in a mass uprising in August 2024, breached laws...

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Dinajpur school gets power support from EDOTCO

EDOTCO Bangladesh, under its ‘Tower to Power’ corporate social responsibilities, has expanded its renewable energy support by equipping St Francis High School in Dinajpur with 2.2KW electricity sourced from solar panels integrated into its telecom tower, said a press release...

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Two more RMG units get LEED certification

Two more readymade garment factory units in Bangladesh have gained the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certificates, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...

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Bangladesh’s reliance on Gulf nations under threat

OVER 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers send home an estimated $22 billion in remittances annually, making it the country’s second-largest source of foreign exchange after garment exports. More than 60 per cent of this originates from the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait leading the way. At the same time...

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Interim govt’s energy policy echoes AL-era essence

THE interim government appears to be missing out on the chance to walk away from the power and energy policy that the previous Awami League government had continued since 2009 to offer predatory profits to independent and rental power producers. An absence of effective initiatives on part of the interim government, which has been in office for about...

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