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Power PlantBangladesh wants to join India-Myanmar-Thailand road belt: Foreign minister
Considering its strategic interests, Bangladesh wants to join a road belt with India, Myanmar and Thailand as the two countries set a “very positive tone” during the virtual Summit to broaden the ...
No accountability for fire at power substations
Repeated fires at some power substations at Kumargaon in Sylhet have raised questions. Why and how do the substations catch fire on a regular basis despite modern technology? At least five accidents ...
Power supply partly restored in Sylhet after 31 hours
Power resumed in some areas of Sylhet city on Wednesday evening after 31 hours of outage. However, most areas of Sylhet district remain out of electricity
Sylhet hit by massive power outage
Sylhet has been hit by a massive electricity outage since morning after a fire broke out at Kumargaon power station.
Sweden eager to work for Bangladesh’s power-energy sector: Envoy
Newly appointed Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexandra Berg Von Linde on Tuesday said Sweden is interested to work closely with Bangladesh government for the development of its power and energy ...
Coal-fired power plants
Environment-friendly energy production must be promoted
Despite the global trend to move away from coal-fired power plants, Bangladesh has been noticeably dependent on the use of coal in power production. It must move away from this and opt for more ...
Extraction of coal for power generation not feasible: Nasrul Hamid
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid has said that all studies till now show that local coal extraction for power generation is neither feasible nor cost-effective.
Coal-fired power plants: 5 to be kept, 16 may be cancelled
The power division will shortly submit a proposal to the prime minister, recommending the cancellation of coal-fired power plants, citing three reasons.
Payra power plant’s second unit expected to open in October
The second unit of the country’s largest coal-fired power plant at Payra in southern Bangladesh is expected to go for commercial operation in first week of October as its trial run already started, ...
2nd unit of Payra power plant starts trial production
The 660 MW second unit of the Payra coal-fired power plant in Patuakhali has begun trial production.
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