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Rural Power Company Limited (RPCL) plans to create a power hub to generate around 2100 megawatts of electricity for Mymensingh regional uplift. Once built, people in the power hub will enjoy more reliable electricity that will help to enhance socio-economic development in rural areas, said Md S...
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The Payra Power Planthasrecently started producing ash from coal, the main raw material used at cement factories, at about 60 percent less than the imported price, an official said. Currently, around 300 metric tons (MT) of fly ash is produceda day from one of the two units (660MW)of the plant....
The office of the Chief Electric Inspector (CEI) plans to introduce digital online technology by next July to facilitate transparent, faster and hassle-free public services, sources in the ministry said.The organisation is an important government agency of the power sector. It is the only non-tax re...
All the divisional headquarters would have office of the Chief Electric Inspector (CEI), under ministry of power, energy and mineral resources, to facilitate and improve services to public.Currently, only seven inspectors operating from the capital perform the job of inspecting and giving approval o...
The government has taken initiatives to reduce gas consumption in the industry’s own power generation system, known as captive power in phases and diverting to national power plants, energy division official said.The energy division took the decision in light of the country’s increased c...
The government, over the last 10 years, has undertaken a considerable number of projects to enhance use of renewable energy. It has set a target to generate more than 1400MW of electricity from renewable energy by 2022.To this end, the work on some 27 power plants having a total capacity of 1412MW o...
The government has decided to supply pipeline gas to the northern region of the country. The main construction work of the gas transmission line will start next in January. According to the Energy Division, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina promised to ensure a natural gas facility for Rangpur, Nilp...
LPG cylinder explosions, often happening in the country, have prompted the government to take an initiative to amend the existing law in an effort to prevent such fatal accidents.According to official count, 38 people have been killed and 72 others injured in explosions of LPG (liquefied petroleum g...
Aiming at saving money and time, the implementation of the Single Point Mooring (SPM), a floating jetty anchored offshore to allow handling of liquid cargo, in Chittagong will start again soon, which remained stopped due to coronavirus outbreak. However, more than 52 percent work of the project...
Despite various calamities like flood, drought, salinity and hostile nature coupled with depleting agricultural land and climate change, Bangladesh is now a global example of food security. In only one decade, the country witnessed massive food production and it has become a food exporting coun...
As renewable energy has been considered worldwide as the technology of choice for new power generation capacity, Bangladesh’s largest solar power plant having a capacity of50MW of electricity will go into operation and also supply power to the national grid this month.The power plant has been ...
Considering electric power as a vital necessary for a variety of domestic, commercial and industrial applications, Bangladesh's distant Monpura island will soon be illuminated as state-owned West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL) is going to set up a 3MW solar hybrid power plant o...
With an aim of ensuring reliable and efficient supply of electricity, Bangladesh Smart Electric Company Limited (BSECL) is going to produce around 150,000 smart electric meters per month from next year. As part of the consumer-friendly plan, the company will shift its factory to its own buildin...
State-owned Rural Power Company Limited (RPCL) is going to set up a 420MW dual fuel combined cycle power plant at Shumvoganj of Mymensingh district. To this end, land development work has already been completed. It is expected that the power plant will start its generation by 2023, a RPCL high offic...
The Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) is working to illuminate ‘Rangabali,’ a remote upazila island of the Bay of Bengal with electricity within this year.‘Rangabali’ about 40 kms from Patuakhali district, and surrounded by sea and rivers, is home to around two la...
With only 2.5 lakh users enjoying smart prepayment meter in 21 districts under the Western Zone, state-owned West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL) is now working to bring the rest of its nearly 13 lakh subscribers under this facility by 2023.Officials said the initiative is taken aim...
Renewable energy continues to bring socio-economic benefits by creating numerous jobs worldwide. About 1 lakh 37 thousand people have been employed in the renewable energy sector in Bangladesh that now holds the fifth position in the world in terms of employment in the solar power sector.Accord...
State-owned Rural Power Company Limited (RPCL) and NORINCO International Power Limited have started constructing a 1320 MW coal-fired power plant at Kalapara in Patuakhali. Around 80 percent land development work of the project has already been done. The power plant will start its generation by...
The power and energy ministry has decided not to give electricity and gas connections to any industrial units set up outside planned industrial zones, officials of the energy division said.The decision came after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a directive to protect the country's agricultur...
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The government will not allow setting up factories outside the planned area. The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has started implementing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's directives to protect the country's agricultural land and to ensure uninterrupted electricity to the indust...
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