Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)
PDB incurs record losses
The Bangladesh Power Development Board’s losses soared 52.4 percent to its highest level yet in fiscal 2022-23 -- a year that saw record subsidy and a 29.6 percent hike in the bulk electricity price.
Will policymakers remain blind to power sector’s problems?
Replace the capacity charge model with pro-people policies
Will BPDB become a 'white elephant'?
The weak financial state of the BPDB is partly due to the high per unit price of electricity
Fuelled by inefficiency?
The government must phase out inefficient power plants, rethink energy policy
Can Bangladesh get out of the Adani power deal?
Adani’s inclusion of costs that appear to be non-existent may allow Bangladesh to claim the deal invalid.
BPDB seeks discount from Adani Power
Bangladesh has sought a temporary discount from Adani Power on the price of coal that would fire the thermal power plant in Godda, Jharkhand in light of the escalating prices, said the Indian electricity producer.
Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?
Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies
Curbing BERC’s authority sets us up for more trouble
The amendment to BERC Act alters its position as the sole authority for fixing energy prices.
PDB to launch hotlines for its clients next year
Bangladesh Power Development Board will open a call centre for its 36 lakh power consumers next year.
Agreement signed to set up Bangladesh’s 2nd waste-to-energy project
An agreement was signed today (September 1, 2022) between the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) and Chinese firm U&D to develop the country’s second waste-based power plant.
Power sector is corrupt to the core
How long will we have to bear the burden of financial irregularities?
No austerity for dollar-guzzling power plants!
Government must stop entertaining 'capacity' payments to the plants
Pvt power plants urge govt to pay $1.5bn arrears
Despite an improvement in payment, the government still owes $1.5 billion to private power plant operators, according to official sources.
Why waste so much money in the name of capacity charge?
That’s not the way to go if we want to make power affordable to all
No more cobweb of cables!
Sylhet is the first city in the country to have a road with no overhead cable.
Govt working to light up every home: PM
Mentioning that electricity is the most essential element for the country's overall development, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government would light up every house by boosting the power generation.
Govt signs deal for biggest power plant yet
Bangladesh inks an agreement to build the biggest yet power plant capable of producing 3,600MW of electricity.
Ex-power co. brass jailed 3yrs for graft
A former top official of Power Grid Company Ltd, an institution under Power Development Board, has been jailed on charges of corruption.
Graft: BPDB ex-chief engineer sent to jail
A Dhaka court sends a former top official of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to jail after rejecting his bail in two corruption cases filed against him by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
