Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB)

Power projects rarely completed on time

Most of the projects in the power sector are not completed on time, with some seeing as much as 300 percent cost overruns, said a recent report of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).

Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?

Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies

Class-III staff used SUV for a decade

He was a class-III employee of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB), but he used a SUV of his office for around 10 years which cost the government about Tk 1 crore. Although he went into retirement in September last year, he was using the vehicle until yesterday when a team of the Anti-Corruption

July 10, 2023
July 10, 2023

Power projects rarely completed on time

Most of the projects in the power sector are not completed on time, with some seeing as much as 300 percent cost overruns, said a recent report of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).

January 22, 2023
January 22, 2023

Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?

Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies

February 12, 2019
February 12, 2019

Class-III staff used SUV for a decade

He was a class-III employee of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB), but he used a SUV of his office for around 10 years which cost the government about Tk 1 crore. Although he went into retirement in September last year, he was using the vehicle until yesterday when a team of the Anti-Corruption

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