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Petrobangla mulls long-term accord with Indian cos

Shahnaj Begum

Petrobangla, the state-owned oil and gas corporation, is considering signing a long-term deal with Indian companies to import Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) without carry out any feasibility study. According to sources in the Energy Division, Petrobangla had inked two

BD clears to set up intake well for Tripura water treatment plant

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh government has cleared the proposal of setting up an intake well, a critical facility for the water treatment plant in Sabroom division of South Tripura district, to draw 1.62 cusecs of water from the Feni River at the Indo-Bangladesh

Momen flies to Delhi this week to attend JCC meet

Shahnaj Begum

Also to kick off preparations for Hasina's upcoming visit to India Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will visit Delhi this week for a Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting to kick off the preparations for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit

Power, energy sector seeks Tk 67,000cr as subsidy

Shahnaj Begum

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has estimated that it needs around TK 67,000 crore as subsidy for the fiscal year 2022-2023.The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has sought a TK 27,000 as subsidy for the

Suspension of hard rock extraction creates crisis in mega project completion

Shahnaj Begum

Maddhapara Granite Mine Company Ltd (MGMCL) has stopped hard rock extraction from the country's lone rock mine for more than a month which created serious crisis of building material for the construction work of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge, Rooppur Nuclear

BD raises duty waiver issue but fails to get response from India

Shahnaj Begum

Implementing a 765kv double circuit cross-border electricity interconnection between Katihar (India), Parbatipur (Bangladesh), and Bornagar (India), Indian-financed 100 MW solar park and the status of 1,320 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project (Rampal power plant) dominated the 20-round meeting of

1,500 MW of electricity from India to BD is in pipeline: Jaishankar

Shahnaj Begum

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that an additional 1,500 MW of electricity from India to Bangladesh is in the pipeline.Jaishankar did not elaborate about the 'additional 1,500 MW of electricity' but he said 'we will be

Dhaka, Delhi meet on power trade tomorrow

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh and India are set to conduct the 20th Joint Working Group (JWG) and Joint Steering Committee (JSC) meeting tomorrow (Friday) at Himachal, India to finalise power trade between the two countries through various interconnections and discuss Indian LOC projects.Habibur

River management, water resources to feature in Momen-Jaishankar meet

Shahnaj Begum

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will pay a 4-day visit to India from May 28 to join River Conclave Nadi 3 and the meeting of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) to discuss the sub-regional cooperation in the Bay of

New date set for Rampal power plant commissioning

Shahnaj Begum

Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL) has announced the new COD (Commercial operation date)of the two unite of the Rampal power plant in July and November 2022 after missing several deadlines due to pandemic and other issues. Bharat Heavy Electricals