bdnews: Lights have begun to flicker back with electricity gradually being restored after large swathes of Dhaka were left without power for about two hours following a grid failure in Rampura. The ...

Global oil prices jumped after Israel said it had struck Iran in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The price of the benchmark Brent crude rose more than 10%, reaching its highest ...

NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday due to uncertainty in U.S.-Iran negotiations and Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while new government data delivered a cautious ...

The Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year-1432, is being celebrated in an inclusive manner involving people from all ethnic groups today. A huge number of people are joining the “Nabo ...

Europe’s gas storage levels this week reached an uncomfortably low level of some 34% full. Germany’s alone has dropped to 29%. Yet LNG imports are about to pick up and, for a change, prices might not ...

Bangladesh will import LNG (liquefied natural gas) from Brunei on a long term basis under a G-to-G contract. The Advisors Council Committee on Economic Affairs (ACCEA), in a meeting with Finance ...

DHAKA, Nov 13, 2024: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today suggested creating a new life-style based on ‘zero waste and zero carbon’ to protect the planet from climate catastrophes, presenting ...

A total of 62 politically appointed directors, including the Director General of Power Cell, have been removed from various companies under the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources. “Today ...

Among the 28 priorities announced for institutional capacity building, pollution control, waste management, environment, forest, environment and biodiversity conservation and combating climate change, ...

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today approved 15 proposals, including one proposal to import 40 megawatts (MW) hydroelectricity from Nepal. The approval came from the 15th meeting ...

The government has drawn up a plan to increase the price of electricity four times a year for the next three years to withdraw all subsidies in the power sector, which the IMF recommends. The plan was ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the Russian state-run ROSATOM to set up another nuclear power plant at Rooppur, if there is any scope for that. The premier made the request when ROSATOM ...