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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

Gas, power will be pricer

Shahnaj Begum

Electricity and gas would be costlier from next year as people have to pay international market price for these commodities as per 2017-2018 budget announced by the Finance Minister AMA Muhith onThursday.Gas will be purchased at international prices when its

Deal for dev of Dighipara coalfield to be signed today

Shahnaj Begum

Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) will sign a contract with MIBRAG Consulting International, Germany, FUGRO Consult GmbH, Germany and Runge Pincock Minarco Limited, Australia Today (Tuesday) to develop Dighipara coalfield in the northwestern part of the country. Earlier, government

Govt blocks all Chevron acts

Shahnaj Begum

The government has upheld the Petrobangla's stand to block all activities of Chevron, the US oil giant for transferring its shares to a Chinese consortium named Himalaya Energy Co.The Energy Division on Thursday has taken the decision to uphold the

BPC seeks tax waiver on furnace oil

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) wants tax waiver from National Board of Revenue (NBR) to supply tax-free furnace oil to state- run power plants.This is for the first time BPC has sought such tax holiday from the NBR although the independent

Sumitomo Corpn to get Matarbari power plant job

Shahnaj Begum

The technical evaluation committee (Tec) of Matarbari 1200 MW ultra super critical power project has recommended Sumitomo Corporation as the lowest competitive bidder for the construction of the plant at Matarbari in Cox's Bazar that would use imported coal. The

BD set to import LNG from Qatar's RasGas

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh is set to import 3.75 million tons of LNG at an estimated cost of US$2.28 billion per annum from Qatar state-owned company RasGas.The cabinet committee on economic affairs accepted a proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division to

Norway withdraws funds from BHEL for Rampal worries

Shahnaj Begum

Norway's wealth fund has excluded Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) from its investment portfolio as the fund's ethics watchdog has said that the Indian company, which is engaged in implementing the much-talked- about Rampal 1320 MW power plant, did not

Public money goes to pvt company

Shahnaj Begum

The government is set to use the Power Development Board's Electricity Maintenance Fund created through a verdict of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) in 2011.The BERC decided to amend the guidelines on the utilisation of the fund in a

PDB seeks TK5,500cr as subsidy for next FY

Shahnaj Begum

The Power Development Board (PDB) has sought Tk5,500 crore as subsidy from the Finance Ministry for the next fiscal year (2017-2018) to run its power projects, according to officials at the Power Division.The PDB received Tk1674.09 crore as subsidy in

Energy Division for granting waiver to US company

Shahnaj Begum

The Energy Division suggested that the Shipping Ministry should grant the US-based Excelerate Energy , chosen to set up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, general waiver under the Bangladesh Flag Vessel Protection Ordinance, 1982.Bangladesh Flag Vessel Protection Ordinance, 1982,