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Energy and Mineral Resources Division had set a target of disconnecting all illegal gas connections in the country by December 31 last year. However, there are still at least 130 km of illegal gas lines remaining to be disconnected and 22,000 stoves, which were identified earlier. Meanwhil...
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The government has taken an initiative to reduce the number of oil-based power plants. To this end, tenure of rental and quick rental power plants will no longer be extended while oil-based old power plants will be shut down in phases, a Power Division official said. According to Power Divisio...
Bangladesh has now transformed from a power-shortage country into a power-surplus one. The government is now facing five main challenges including ensuring stable supply of fuel, uninterrupted electricity, power generated at affordable price, constructing power plants while protecting the envir...
Around 80 employees of state-owned LP Gas Limited and RPGCL have no work due to the shutdown of the Kailash Tila LPG plant in Sylhet district. However, around taka 8 crore is being spent every month on salaries, allowances and other official expenditures. In the last four months, the gover...
The international market price of LP gas (liquefied petroleum gas) has become volatile. Per tonne price of LPG has risen by about $200 in the last three months, which is going to break the record of previous years.The record high price of LP gas made from a combination of propane and butane was reco...
Despite a huge surplus of electricity in the national grid, the entrepreneurs choose to rely on the electricity either generated by themselves or captive power to run their industries .They attribute their dependence on captive power to limitation of transmission and distribution system....
The construction work of Patuakhali 1320MW coal fired thermal power plant is going on in full swing at Dhankhali of Kalapara Upazila in Patuakhali district. Around 27 percent work of the project has already been completed.The power plant is likely to start generation by 2023. Per unit power ge...
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is facing serious troubles in selling fuel to Biman Bangladesh Airlines as its outstanding dues have hit around Tk 2200 crore. The BPC could not realise the arrears despite various initiatives. In this situation, Biman has further brought fuel at ta...
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Bangladesh is close to connecting and supplying electricity to all its population. Every household will come under electricity facility by Dec 21, 2021 to coincide with the celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation.Through this an impor...
The Energy and Mineral Resources division has decided to disconnect all illegal gas connections in the country throughout month. There are about 63,000 illegal gas lines in the country.The decision was taken recently at a meeting of the task force on illegal gas disconnection formed by the Energy Di...
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has taken an initiative to set up 6 world class model filling stations or petrol pumps in different parts of the country with financial support by private entrepreneurs. Three state-owned companies-- Padma Oil Company Limited, Meghna Petroleum Limited and ...
The country's economic growth is progressing as a result of the supply of electricity. Along with the increase in factory production, the lives of people in remote villages have also changed for the better. The shops and markets are open till midnight. Electricity has created new opportunit...
If all domestic gas users get prepaid meters, 53 BCF (billion cubic feet) of gas worth Tk 1,900 crore will be saved every year. However, gas prepaid meter installation work of six state-owned gas distribution companies is going on at a very slow pace.The government decided to install pre-paid m...
Time limit is enhanced repeatedly, but overhead cables of different services like internet, telecom, and cable TV networks still hang from poles in many areas of the capital, posing high accident risks to the city dwellers. The last deadline was fixed for November to remove the hanging wires fr...
There are chances of finding oil reserves in the ninth well of Haripur Gas Field in Sylhet district.An official of state-owned Sylhet Gas Fields Limited (SGFL), a company of Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation or Petrobangla, made the disclosure.Geologists are not ruling out this possibility...
Around 48 crore cubic meter of gas is being wasted or disappearing from Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) network every year. Considering the current average unit price at taka 12.60, the financial value of the wasted gas is around Tk 600 crore, sources said. ...
The first mega coal-fired, 1,320 MW electricity generation capacity Payra Power Plant is fully ready to operate, and finally goes into commercial operation next week, officials said.The second unit of the plant has attained its generation capacity of 660 MW over the past three months, and is now rea...
Battery charger manufacturing company AEG Singapore quoted around Tk 3.5 lakh to supply necessary material for a repairing work. Had the company been awarded with the work order, authorities concerned would have had to bear an additional cost of Tk 2 lakh.However, engineers at state-owned Power Grid...
State-owned Telephone Shilpa Sangstha (TSS) Limited is likely to stage a comeback soon as it has started producing various digital devices to cope with the people’s expectations and the national demand as well.The government-owned telecoms company of Bangladesh could not attain its goal due to...
The country is set to start smart prepayment meter production this month to help improve its energy billing process and enable consumers use electricity in line with their budgets.State-owned Rural Power Company Limited (RPCL) and a Chinese privately-run company are going to kick off the prepayment ...
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