Asifur Rahman

Window for easy loans narrowing

Bangladesh’s access to cheap loans is closing in with its rising per capita income, making foreign borrowing costlier.

5d ago

LNG Processing: Capacity to outpace demand

Bangladesh will end up with surplus LNG regasification capacity by the end of this decade, said the UK-based BMI Research -- a development that will ultimately cost the exchequer in fees similar to capacity charges for power plants.

1w ago

Only eight industries to get new gas lines

The government is likely to stop new gas connections to industries save for eight “economically vital” ones under a forthcoming regulation.

1w ago

More power plants than needed

The government is continuing to ramp up the power generation capacity even though the electricity demand did not increase as per projection, putting an additional price burden on consumers, said energy experts.

1w ago

Gas crisis till April at least

Gas scarcity is likely to continue till April despite the government’s repeated assurance of scaling up gas supply during Ramadan and the irrigation season as one of the two Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU) will take longer to complete maintenance works.

2w ago

Tender floated for offshore oil, gas exploration

Petrobangla yesterday floated the offshore bidding tender inviting international oil and gas companies (IOCs) to explore Bangladesh’s maritime area in the Bay of Bengal.

2w ago

First city polls under new AL govt today

Mymensingh and Cumilla cities go to polls today to pick their mayors and councillors, just two months after the Awami League formed a new government.

2w ago

Fuel oil price may decrease once automated pricing kicks in

The government is going to start implementing the newly-formulated mechanism for setting fuel prices in line with global market rates by the end of this month and officials of the energy and finance division believe prices may reduce after the first adjustment.

3w ago
February 18, 2024
February 18, 2024

Govt, S Alam to team up to build second oil refinery

The state-owned Eastern Refinery (ERL) is likely to build its long-planned second unit in partnership with Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group after previous attempts to expand the country’s oil refining capacity fell through because of a lack of financing.

February 3, 2024
February 3, 2024

‘Whoever reads newspapers can’t be a thief’

In Banasree, on any given morning, if you find yourself walking past a newspaper stall that has been left unattended, don’t be surprised. Just pick up the newspaper or magazine that you want, put the money in the box that’s kept nearby, and you are on your way.

February 2, 2024
February 2, 2024

'Whoever reads newspapers can’t be a thief'

In Banasree, on any given morning, if you find yourself walking past a newspaper stall that has been left unattended, don't be surprised. Just pick up the newspaper or magazine that you want, put the amount of money that it's worth in the box that's kept nearby, and you are on your way

February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024

Amid gas crisis, 2 gas-run power plants firing up

Capacity payments, the scourge of the rapid rise in Bangladesh’s power generation capacity, are set to get higher this year.

January 30, 2024
January 30, 2024

'Solar to be cheapest option for Bangladesh by next year': experts

While the world is moving towards renewable energy as it is much more environmentally-friendly than fossil fuel-based power plants and requires no additional fuel costs, Bangladesh is moving at a snail’s pace in this regard, said two researchers of BloombergNEF.

January 29, 2024
January 29, 2024

Bashundhara likely to be first private entity to market fuel oil

The company has been selling its bitumen plant's by-products like diesel and petrol to the BPC

January 27, 2024
January 27, 2024

Clean energy goal far away

In a fresh push, Bangladesh entered its renewable energy era in 2017 with the launch of a 3MW solar power plant in Jamalpur’s Sharishabari. Ever since, the country has added only 459MW of renewable energy to the national grid.

January 16, 2024
January 16, 2024

Signatures they got, not votes

Despite amassing the required one percent voter signatures to contest the national polls as an independent candidate, around 36 percent of independents couldn’t even secure one percent vote in the January 7 election.

January 15, 2024
January 15, 2024

11 power plants mostly sat idle last fiscal

At least 15 percent of the country’s 71 independent power producers were sitting idle for 80 percent of the time last fiscal year, raising questions about their need.

January 14, 2024
January 14, 2024

AL’s total vote dips, JP’s lowest since 1991

Awami League bagged less votes in the January 7 national polls compared to the previous two general elections, according to Election Commission data.

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