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HEADLINE

● Khaleda given scope of living outside jail, is it not enough, asks PM ● 4 to die, nine get life term over Shariatpur head-teacher murder ● 20 drown as trawler capsizes in Brahmanbaria ● Bangladesh reports 120 deaths, 3,991 cases from COVID-19 ● Pori Moni sent to prison ● Bangladesh report 198 Covid deaths, 7,535 cases ● Bangladesh reports 237 more deaths from coronaviurs

BPDB unware of coal import

Shahnaj Begum

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Division has been irked by recent Indian media report that the first consignment of coal for a thermal power plant being developed by State-owned NTPC Limited through a joint venture in Bangladesh

Dighipara coalfield caught amid contradictory feasibility studies

Shahnaj Begum

The first feasibility study on Dinajpur's Dighipara coal field suggested the prospect of a coal reserve around 865 million metric tonnes, but the second feasibility report stated that the mine is not economically viable for underground or open cut mining.

New Energy Law ‘to generate manifold crisis’

Shahnaj Begum

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission's (BERC) move to implement a new law to settle the disputes in energy and power issues will create serious havoc as it will make null and void all the previous settlement orders by the BERC,

Budget to raise dependency on LNG, coal import: Dr Tamim

Shahnaj Begum

The proposed budget has narrowed down the scope of gas exploration in the country and will raise dependency on imported fuel like LNG and coal that in turn will increase the price of electricity and gas, said former energy adviser

Power Division seeks Tk 30,706cr

Shahnaj Begum

The Power Division has sought TK 30,706 crore from the Finance Ministry to implement its 73 projects for the Fiscal year 2021-2022.It also sought TK 8,000 crore-Tk 9,000 crore as a subsidy to minimize the loss of the state-owned power

LPG price to be re-adjusted every month from April

Shahnaj Begum

The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) should be re-adjusted every month as per Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) directives from this month, sources told the Daily Observer on Saturday.BERC will announce a formula on fixing the retail price of

Reluctance of Titas to repair gas line leakages: A recipe for disaster

Shahnaj Begum

Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd, so far, did nothing to address the issue of leakage in its gas pipelines although it knows that around 6.2 per cent of the 13,138km pipeline network in Dhaka, Gazipur and Mymensingh was

1,200mmcfd gas shortage likely in Ramadan

Shahnaj Begum

The country faces a shortage of natural gas of up to 1,200 million cubic feet a day (mmcfd) in the coming months due to rising demand for electricity during Holy Ramadan and the summer season.Power Division projection paper said about

BD to seek transit to enhance trade with Nepal, Bhutan

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh will seek transit facilities from India to enhance connectivity, trade and commerce with Nepal and Bhutan at the Prime Minister- level meeting today (Saturday) at PMO.Bangladesh will also urge the Indian authority to finalise its joining the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral

BD misses chance to get it declared by UN

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh missed the chance to place properly the proposal before the UN body to declare Bangladesh Genocide as the World's longest one which the country witnessed from March 25 to December in 1971.A delegation led by the Foreign Ministry was