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Maiden shipment of LNG arrives on April 23

Shahnaj Begum

The first shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is scheduled to arrive at Moheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal on April 23. The liquid will then be gasified and pumped into the national gas grid at a rate of

Govt directs ministry to begin process before rainy season

Shahnaj Begum

The Cabinet Division has directed the Ministry of Disaster Management to take measures to relocate Rohingyas from Cox's Bazar to Safe Zone immediately as they are facing grave risks to their lives and health in view of the coming rainy

Bangabandhu Satellite-1 leaves for Florida today for launch

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh is set to enter the Space Age within a couple of days as the manufacturer of the Bangabandhu Communi-cation Satellite, Thales Alenia Space, announced that the satellite will leave the manufacturing station in France for Cape Canaveral Launch Pad

BIMSTEC security chiefs meet in city on March 28

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand, the member countries of BIMSTEC, are set to kick off the second meeting of the National Security Chiefs in Dhaka on March 28. The meeting will discuss the traditional and non-traditional

Gas prices to go up as LNG import starts next month

Shahnaj Begum

The Energy Division wants to raise the prices of natural gas by 200 per cent in power and fertiliser sectors to adjust high import costs of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) scheduled to begin this year.It also suggested raising the gas

Electricity for all by 2021

Shahnaj Begum

All people of Bangladesh will get electricity by 2021 as per government plan to produce around 24,000 MW of electricity by 2021, Power Division said.We are set to ensure all Upazilas of the country by December 2018, however, Rural Electrification

Hasty move to import LNG may put BD into financial crunch

Shahnaj Begum

The hasty move to import million tones of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) may push the country to implausible financial crunch as the decision was not based on scientific data.We are expecting to feed 1000mmcfd LNG into national grid by 2018

Plans to generate 94,000 MW power by 2041

Shahnaj Begum

Aiming to produce around 94,000 MW of electricity by 2041, the government is formulating the Power System Master Plan (PSMP), which is almost similar to PSMP-2016.Although the Power Division is yet to give a specific name to the master plan,

No gas for fertiliser factories during Boro season

Shahnaj Begum

The government has decided to stop gas supply to fertiliser factories from the next month to support the irrigation pumps during the Boro season. We have decided to stop gas supply to the fertilizer factories to increase gas supply to

Further gas tariff hike on cards

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has endorsed the Energy Ministry's plea to increase energy price (gas) soon.We agree with the Energy Division's submission to rationalize the price of gas soon. However, we asked them to submit fresh proposal to the