Dhaka, May 11 -- Gas and power tariffs are poised for more frequent hikes than previously planned as a fallout from the bumped-up dollar pricing, sources say. The exchange rate of the US currency has... Read More
Dhaka, May 4 -- Power China, the builder of Bangladesh's first 60-megawatt (MW) capacity wind power plant, is eyeing to build two new similar plants with a combined capacity of 260MW near the existing... Read More
Dhaka, April 21 -- Bangladesh has been generating electricity near its record high and re-gasifying liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the highest level ever recorded to meet the rising power demand durin... Read More
Dhaka, April 20 -- The government has decided to import a total of 23 spot LNG cargoes during the January-June 2024 instead of the previously set 13 to reap the benefits of lower prices in the interna... Read More
Dhaka, April 16 -- The country's overall gas supply from gas-fired power plants increased with the resumption of regasification by the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), owned by Summit ... Read More
Dhaka, April 5 -- American oil-major Chevron has deferred its $65-million Jalalabad compression project in northeastern Bangladesh following nonpayment of $220 million in overdue gas bills, market sou... Read More
Dhaka, March 26 -- Euphemistically-coined financial penalty called capacity payment now branches out as LNG-fired power plants emerge as new claimants, with an almost laid-off one already billing agai... Read More
Dhaka, March 18 -- Gas supply across Bangladesh may increase next week as another private-sector floating LNG-regasification unit looks all but ready to resume operation after an overhaul, sources say... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 26 -- Power tariffs may rise pro rata from March 1 as initial government course under a new reform recipe to rescind state subsidy on this sector within next three years. Energy experts a... Read More
Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- A successive hike in gas tariffs, too, for all consumers but households over next three years is likely to phase out government subsidy under a reform recipe. Economists say the rai... Read More