Minister signals green after visiting German open-pit coal mining

Special Correspondent
The government on Monday requested Germany to assist Bangladesh to extract coal by the open-pit mining method. The commerce minister, Faruk Khan, called upon the German ambassador, Holger Michael, to provide some expert advice as the government is still in doubt about the possible impact of open-pit mining on the environment.

Holger met Faruk at [...]

Coal less costly power source, says Mohammad Enamul Haque

R.Akter
The State Minister for Power and Energy Mohammad Enamul Haque said recently in generation of electricity from diesel and furnace oil is very costly. He termed coal as the only option for generating electricity at low costs and emphasised the need for its immediate extraction. Power generation has reached a point where the economy is [...]

Power generation, transmission top priority: state minister

ET Report
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Mohammad Enamul Haque told the parliament recently that the government’s first priority is power generation and transmission before going for expansion of the electricity network across the country.
He said that there is gap of 1,500 megawatt (MW) of electricity between production and distribution of power across [...]