Industries reeling from persistent gas crisis
Industry insiders have said that due to years of interruption in gas supply, export-oriented industries and other manufacturing units were facing an acute crisis...
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Ceramic businesses ask not to hike gas price
The country鈥檚 ceramic manufacturers urged the government not to increase the price of gas and demanded that necessary steps be taken to ensure uninterrupted gas supply to the ceramic industry...
Trump鈥檚 business partner keen to invest in Bangladesh
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 business partner, Gentry Beach, has expressed interest in investing in mineral and gas exploration in Bangladesh...
Shell annual profit drops
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...
APPAREL, TEXTILE SECTORS: Trade bodies urge govt not to increase gas price
Apparel and textile sector trade bodies on Monday wrote to the interim government demanding suspending the plan to increase the price of gas for the industrial sector and captive power plants...
BGB allowed to use sound grenades, tear gas shells on border: adviser
Home affairs adviser retired lieutenant general Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that they had allowed the Border Guard Bangladesh to procure non-lethal weapons like sound grenades and tear gas shells to use in the border areas.
BAPA warns of protests over VAT, gas price hikes
The Bangladesh Agro Processors Association has called on the government to withdraw the increased VAT and taxes on processed food products and cancel the proposed gas price hike within seven days...
LPG price hiked after VAT structure change
The price of liquefied petroleum gas has been slightly raised following a change in the structure of the value-added tax by the National Board of Revenue, according to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission...
Low gas supply for three days from today
The piped gas supply will decrease across the country, state-owned oil company Petrobangla said in a notice issued on Thursday, warning about a low pressure in the piped gas supply for 72 hours starting today noon.
Govt should, rather, improve efficiency and end corruption
PETROBANGLA鈥橲 proposal seeking an increase in gas prices supplied to industries and captive power plants by 152 per cent and 140 per cent respectively, which the government says is unpleasant and unavoidable, is worrying in that industrialists say that such a move would increase production cost that will eventually fall on consumers. Whilst the...
INDUSTRIAL, CAPTIVE GAS SUPPLY: Gas price hike of up to 152pc proposed
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission is evaluating a Petrobangla鈥檚 proposal to increase by up to 152 per cent the price of gas supplied to industries and captive power plants...
Russian gas cut triggers blackouts in Moldova region
The separatist Moldovan region of Transnistria ordered a second day of rolling blackouts on Saturday, as a shutdown in Russian gas supplies starved the pro-Moscow self-proclaimed state of energy...
Defeat plastic before it wipes us out
THE presence of plastics, from the Himalayas鈥� peak to Challenger Deep 鈥� the deepest known point of the seabed of Earth 鈥� highlights plastic pollution as one of the most severe environmental crises of our time. While challenges like greenhouse gas emissions remain uncontrollable, the escalating threat of plastic pollution demands immediate attention...
Gas supply may improve in Dhaka city, elsewhere this evening
Gas supply is expected to improve from Saturday evening in Dhaka city and elsewhere as a floating LNG Terminal resumed operation from 7:00am on Saturday after three days of suspension...
Gas supply to be low in Bangladesh for 72 hours from Wednesday
The state-owned oil company Petrobangla on Tuesday warned that the gas supply across the country will drop with consumers experiencing low pressure in the piped gas supply...
Purchase of LNG, fertiliser approved
The advisory committee on government purchase at a meeting on Thursday approved five proposals, four to buy 1.3 crore tonnes of fertiliser and another to buy 1 cargo of liquefied natural gas.
Gas supply falls to near zero at places
The supply of piped gas to households has reduced to almost zero in many areas of the capital Dhaka and adjacent localities while many industries in the areas have also made similar complaints.
Trump threatens tariffs if EU doesn鈥檛 buy more oil, gas
US president-elect Donald Trump on Friday threatened the European Union with tariffs if the bloc does not reduce its 鈥榯remendous鈥� trade gap with Washington through oil and gas purchases.
Summit operating 13 out of 18 power plants
Summit Corporation Limited is now operating 15 power plants out of 18, said a press release on Thursday...
Gas supply to remain off in parts of Dhaka for eight hours tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended for eight hours on Thursday in different areas in the city for emergency repair of gas pipeline...
Parts of Dhaka to face 12hr gas supply disruption from this evening
Gas supply is expected to be disrupted for 12 hours from this evening across a vast area of the capital due to repair work on the gas transmission line at the Demra City Gate Station, managed by GTCL...
Kenyan police teargas anti-femicide march
Kenyan police tear-gassed a peaceful march against femicide in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, detaining a number of protesters, according to AFP reporters and rights groups...
Govt should make United Power pay legal gas prices, review deal
UNITED Power Generation and Distribution Co Ltd, which owns two commercial independent power plants, set up with a combined capacity of 164MW in 2008 and 2009 that supply power to the export processing zones in Dhaka and Chattogram, is reported to have been raking up an abnormal amount of money in profit, more so since 2018, when it began...
PSC review on cards after offshore gas exploration bid attracts none
State-owned oil company Petrobangla is considering reviewing the production sharing contract as it failed to attract any international companies in the bidding floated to explore offshore gas...
Sustainability education and practice at schools
BANGLADESH is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change in the world, despite its minimal contribution to the global greenhouse gas emissions. Bangladesh historically has faced several climate disasters, where the 1988 flood and the 2007 cyclone Sidr are some notable events. According to the latest 鈥楪lobal Climate Risk Index 2021鈥� by...
Gas supply to remain off for 24 hours in Monohordi, Kishoreganj
Gas supply will remain suspended for 24 hours on Thursday and Friday in different areas at Sadar and Gotashia areas in Monohordi upzila and Sadar upzila in Kishoreganj district for emergency tie-in works in gas pipeline in the GTCL鈥檚 off-remission point...
Gas supply to remain suspended in parts of Dhaka tomorrow
Gas supply will remain suspended for 10 hours on Sunday in different areas in the capital for emergency works in gas pipeline...
Titas loses Tk 3,000cr amid rising system losses across Bangladesh
Bangladesh鈥檚 largest gas distributor lost gas worth about Tk 3,000 crore during the past financial year as its system loss climbed further up compared with the year before.
Titas cuts illegal gas connections in Keraniganj, Narayanganj
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited in several drives has cut illegal gas connections at Keraniganj in Dhaka and in Narayanganj, said a press release on Wednesday...
Gas supply to remain off for 12hrs in Dhaka EPZ, adjacent areas
Gas supply will remain suspended for 12 hours from 6:00pm on Thursday in different areas in Dhaka EPZ and Nabinagar-Chandra area for emergency works in gas pipeline.