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.聽..
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...
Manufacturers in the country鈥檚 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...
BANGLADESH adopted the Renewable Energy Policy in December 2008 with the ambitious goal of increasing the share of renewable energy in the country鈥檚 total electricity generation. At the time, this policy was a significant step forward in aligning the nation with...
Bangladesh has urged Finnish enterprises to invest in Bangladesh, particularly in sectors such as clean energy, green tech, innovation and digital services, e-commerce and textiles...
Peter Haas, strategic adviser of US energy giant Excelerate Energy, called on Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday.
BANGLADESH鈥橲 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...
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...
Experts, including environmentalists, at a policy dialogue on Thursday emphasised the need for an increase in renewable energy use for the liveability of cities...
Dark energy, the mysterious force thought to be driving the ever-faster expansion of the universe, appears to be changing over time, according to new observations released Wednesday.
Dark energy makes up roughly 70 per cent of the universe, yet we know nothing about it.
Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday accused each other of not respecting a halt on energy infrastructure strikes, after talks between Washington and the Kremlin aimed at ending the grinding three-year conflict...
AS THE economy revives from the July uprising, concerns loom regarding the nation鈥檚 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...
Bangladesh鈥檚 energy transition came to an abrupt stop with the country鈥檚 interim government struggling to find investors in renewable energy projects.
Frequent booing and screams of the word 鈥榮hame鈥� 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...
The draft renewable energy policy published early this month offers limited scope for renewable energy expansion and is deviated far from the goal of ensuring energy security by reducing fossil fuel dependence, said energy experts.
Power, energy and mineral resources adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Monday urged the country鈥檚 people to run their air conditioners at 25 degrees Celsius or above during the upcoming month of Ramadan and summer season.
THE misuse of three special energy funds 鈥� 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 鈥� tells how the Awami League government, toppled in a mass uprising in August 2024, breached laws...
Most of the special energy funds worth Tk聽53,000 crore was misused by the Sheikh Hasina government, ousted in August past year amid a mass uprising, through breaching policies and guidelines during its 15 years of authoritarian regime.
EDOTCO Bangladesh, under its 鈥楾ower to Power鈥� 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...
The Isotope hydrology division of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission has recently organised a two-day national consultation workshop titled International Atomic Energy Agency Water Availability Enhancement at the BAEC of Agargaon in Dhaka...
Two more readymade garment factory units in Bangladesh have gained the United States Green Building Council鈥檚 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certificates, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association...
OVER 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers send home an estimated $22 billion in remittances annually, making it the country鈥檚 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...
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...
Banglalink has adopted PI Works鈥� predictive energy saving (PES) module integrated with self-organising networks (SON) capabilities to integrate artificial intelligence/machine learning into its engineering processes, said a press release...
Some of the steps taken in the power and energy sector by the interim government are carbon copies of the actions of the immediate past fascist Awami League regime, aimed at perpetuating the reign of the syndicate of looters and corrupt, speakers said in a seminar on Wednesday...
AIR quality has been steadily declining for a decade, with corrective measures being in disarray. An Energy Policy Institute study of the University of Chicago In 2023 found Bangladesh鈥檚 air to be the most polluted globally, gravely impacting citizens鈥� health and reducing life expectancy by at least 6.8 years. The Centre for Atmospheric Pollution Studies...
British energy giant Shell on Thursday announced a 17-per cent drop in annual net profit owing to weaker oil and gas prices as well as asset write-offs...
Transparency International Bangladesh on Sunday urged a new national energy plan prioritising renewable energy and eliminating the influence of fossil fuel lobbies...
AN ABSENCE of effective initiatives on part of the interim government, which assumed office more than five months ago, to rein in profiteers that the previous Awami League government had placed in the power and energy sector during its 15 years of authoritarian regime has rightly come to be criticised. Whilst the power plants set up by profiteers...