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The hope for a “load shedding-free Bangladesh” as pledged by the policymakers is gradually fading away as the government has failed to ensure uninterrupted electricity fo... Read more

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A Hollow Promise Mollah Amzad Hossain The government in the last three and a half years could add 3,300 MW of new power to the national grid at... Read more

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Major Closures for First Solar, SunPower EP Desk Two American solar heavyweights built on overseas manufacturing are scaling back operations in an effort to keep up with a ... Read more

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Power & Gas Crisis – Some Thoughts

Engr. Khondkar Abdus Saleque

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a recent speech on the occasion of May Day stated that in her three years of the 5-year term her government doubled the power generation and natural gas production. But from the prevailing power and gas crisis that affected adversely the industrial growth and economic development, it appears that the PM has been provided with wrong information by the power and gas sector management.

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The No. 1 Problem

Farid Hossain

Hafizur Rahman, a retired government official, loves to spend his time with his grandchildren. These days he can't. Frequent load shedding forces him out of his house (it has no generator) to take refuge at Uttara Club, which is equipped with a power generator to beat the outages.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 21:44

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Set Up SAARC Energy Agency: Experts

Mollah Amzad Hossain; Paro, Bhutan

Experts from SAARC region have called for establishing an agency to coordinate all the actions in the energy sector by member countries, facilitating energy cooperation in the region to harness its energy potential, including hydropower potential of 300,000 MW. They also pressed for a monitoring team of technocrats to find ways for adoption of the actions. Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 21:20