CNG filling stations will be closed between 5pm and 11pm every day from September 15.

The government is all set to inaugurate four new power plants and an upgraded one, which will have the capacity to produce 779 megawatts of electricity.

The Cabinet today cleared a proposal for the extension of the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010 for another five years till 2026.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today formally announced Zakiganj as the country’s 28th gas field -- having 68 billion cubic feet of gas reserve.

Summit Oil and Shipping Co Ltd (SOSCL), a part of the Summit Group, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Commonwealth LNG to collaborate in the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Asia, including Bangladesh.

Despite Tokyo’s commitment to help phase out fossil fuels, Bangladesh is currently building the Matarbari coal plant: a power complex set to be completed by 2024 thanks to low-interest loans from the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute and the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) have signed a contract for renovating 3 MW BAEC TRIGA Research Reactor (BTRR), as Bangladesh and Korea step up efforts for the development of peaceful nuclear energy.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today said that the coal-based power plant projects undertaken by Bangladesh -- including Rampal Power Plant -- have almost zero carbon emission.

Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) plans to install 2,000 solar irrigation pumps under a project -- allowing farmers to sell their unconsumed electricity to the national grid.

The first consignment of nearly 3,800 tonnes of coal -- for Rampal Thermal Power Plant in Bangladesh -- has left India.

By enhancing interconnection capacity of Bangladesh-India existing power grid, the government has taken an

Sushasoner Jonno Nagarik expresses concern over holding a free and fair municipal election with the increasing number violence.

A one-member probe body led by Barguna Chief Judicial Magistrate Md Mohitul Haque Anam Chowdhury yesterday visited Chandantala

The Election Commission will decide in a day or two whether it will deploy army during the upcoming city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong, says Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad.