What should Bangladesh do when oil price hits a $200 per barrel mark?
Coal, new gas only to help avert crisis
Already battered by $100 plus price of imported petroleum, the government should prudently take some brave and quick steps to ensure energy security of the country, energy experts believe.
A readjustment of retail price of imported [...]
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Errant power companies to pay penalties
ET Report
Special assistant to the chief adviser, M Tamim,asked the PDB officials which failed to commission four emergency rental power plants within the May 15 deadline, from paying the due penalties. special assistant told that each of the companies would have to pay $500 for each megawatt of power [...]
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Bangladesh sought $500 million from ADB
ET Report
Bangladesh has sought nearly $500 million in loans from the Asian Development Bank to install two power plants with the total capacity of 175 megawatts. The funds will also be used for installing and upgrading transmission and distribution networks.
The country’s only hydro-electric power plant in Kaptai has five [...]
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Power, irrigation main problems, say farmers
GM Hiru, Dinajpur
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed inaugurated Boro harvest Thursday through a grand rally at Cheradangi High School ground and cutting sheaf of paddy at a field owned by Yar Muhammad in Dinajpur while people of Santal community performed a traditional dance in the morning.
He suggested that the farmers [...]
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Banglar Manush will surely use Banglar Koila
Ataus Samad
The present Caretaker Government is facing great many problems and it has to take appropriate decisions to resolve these. A question arises whether the present government had the jurisdiction to decisions on certain important issues. This is because of the fact that these matters relate to [...]
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