Climate change impacts in Bangladesh
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
Bangladesh and Russia yesterday agreed on their proposals for setting up nuclear power plants in Bangladesh and signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard at the end of this month.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources ministry officials to gear up their activities for adding additional 3000mw of electricity in national grid in three to four years.
The power and energy ministry has taken a move to formulate a policy for the public-private joint venture to develop gas and coal fields on a
Power crisis is likely to ease in Chittagong with two rental and one state-run power plants expecting to generate 227 megawatt more power by April next year. Of the three plants, a 22-MW rental power plant at Barabkunda in Sitakunda will go into operation by this month.
The villagers of Sharabaria, Dighoir and Kushmail of Baragram upazila brought out a procession demanding power supply in their villages. The procession was arranged by Sharbik Manob Unnayan Songothn of Barigram. The villagers carried hurricane, banner and festoon in the processions, which paraded up to Zonail Bazar and dispersed on Sharabaria Madrasa premises.
The present government will need its full five-year tenure to generate power to the level the ruling Awami League had pledged before the elections to do in three years. "What we pledged in the election manifesto to do in three years, we' ll be able to do in our five-year tenure," Finance Minister AMA Muhith told reporters yesterday.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud yesterday sought assistance from Switzerland for strengthening local government bodies and supplying solar panel to meet the demand for power in remote areas. Mahmud sought the Swiss cooperation for imparting training to the women vice chairmen of the upazila parishads.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the process of undertaking power projects gets delayed due to fear of corruption, hindering desired results from power generation.
Two UK based companies have expressed interest to invest in proposed 450MW Power Plant at Bibiana in Habiganj which installation process was suspended last year during the period of the caretaker government as only one company participated in bidding. The two UK based companies are the Independent Power Corporation PIC and the Christofferson Rob and Company.
The power ministry has decided in principle not to extend deadlines for four rental power projects totalling 155 MW capacity for their repeated failure to launch commercial operation and would ask the Power Development Board (PDB) to take action as per contracts.