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● Mostafiz wins Rangpur city polls ● Ex-Ctg mayor Mohiuddin Chowdhury dies ● Mayor Annisul Huq passes away ● HC verdict on BDR mutiny: Death penalty for 139, life term for 185 ● HC begins reading verdict on BDR mutiny ● 3 siblings among 5 killed in Kishoreganj clash ● 4 workers killed in Sylhet stone quarry landslide

Talks on LNG import with 14 firms start tomorrow

Shahnaj Begum

The Energy Division is set to award unsolicited deals to some foreign companies to import 200mmcfd (LNG) gas from spot market under Small Scale LNG Supply project by February 2018, sources said.A high-level negotiation committee, headed by Managing Director of

Deal signed with Sumitomo-led consortium

Shahnaj Begum

Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL) has signed a contract for construction of 1,200MW Matarbari coal-fired power project with Sumitomo-led Japanese consortium on Thursday.Following the judgment of an arbitrator panel of Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU), CPGCBL signed the

Progress on renewable energy projects uncertain

Shahnaj Begum

Despite having a Tk 200 crore Green Fund and international monetary support in implementing Renewable Energy (RE) projects, local investors are reluctant to implement them, resulting in slowing down the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority's (SREDA) plan to get

Petrobangla wants to know capability of Chinese firm

Shahnaj Begum

Transfer of Chevron's Shares To Himalaya Energy Petrobangla expressed grave concern over the US oil giant Chevron's shares transferring issue to Himalaya Energy Co Ltd, a Chinese consortium.Petrobangla wants to see professional documents of the company as it (petrobangla) is

Subsidy on power generation likely to increase further

Shahnaj Begum

Government is still struggling to keep the cost of electricity production at minimum rate as it has failed to reduce dependency on high cost liquid fuel based power plants.Power subsidy rose to Tk 3,612.47 crore in the 11 months of

UN body to sit with BD team at Warsaw today

Shahnaj Begum

The World Heritage Committee will sit with the government delegation at Warsaw in Poland today (Wednesday) to examine Bangladesh's efforts to save the Sundarban from the harmful effects of proposed Rampal coal-fired power plant.Adviser to the Prime Minister on Energy,

BD, Myanmar to work together to fight terrorism along border

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to enhance cooperation to contain terrorism and violent extremism along the border areas between the two countries.Both countries have also observed that economic development could help reduce tension among the two communities in Rakhine State

Govt completes negotiation with lowest bidder

Shahnaj Begum

The state-owned Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL) has completed the 'negotiation' process with Sumitomo Corporation, the lowest competitive bidder for the construction of Matarbari 1200- MW ultra- supercritical power project at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar.We completed the negotiation.

BD to uphold existing foreign policy over ME crisis

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh will uphold its existing foreign policy to address the ongoing Middle East (ME) crisis and hoped that the Islamic countries will continue to stay beside the brotherly nations of the Islamic Ummah.We hope that ME crisis will be resolved

BD to request India to review guideline

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh will request its Indian counterpart to review the cross-border trade of electricity guideline (India) to keep Bangladesh's dream to import 4,500 MW of electricity for meeting country's growing demand.It will also express worries over new regulations adopted by the