Politicians, officials used DSA to settle ‘personal disputes’
The Digital Security Act (DSA) was widely used by politicians and government officials to settle personal disputes with journalists and to harass and intimidate them, according to a new study on the law.
24 November 2025, 22:16 PM
Bangladesh to be 2nd-largest LNG importer in South Asia by 2035: IEA
Bangladesh’s faster regasification expansion and declining domestic gas fields to drive higher imports
12 November 2025, 16:20 PM
Graft under AL regime / Most power deals tied to nexus of companies, govt high-ups: report
Most of the power sector deals were signed by a nexus of private entities, government higher-ups and bureaucrats during the Awami League regime, found the national committee formed to review the power sector contracts.
2 November 2025, 18:06 PM
JEC meeting: Dhaka, Islamabad discuss trade, connectivity
Bangladesh and Pakistan yesterday agreed to expand economic cooperation by exploring new trade opportunities and enhancing direct connectivity through shipping links and air services.
27 October 2025, 21:17 PM
Tk 4,000cr gas lost in FY25
Enough gas to keep 30 lakh kitchen burners alight for an entire year went up in smoke as system losses in fiscal year 2024-25.
23 October 2025, 19:36 PM
Govt to ease labour union requirement
The government is planning to relax key labour law requirements, significantly lowering the entry barrier for a trade union in any establishment.
23 October 2025, 18:12 PM
Cronyism dominated power sector under Awami League
Bangladesh’s power sector was long dominated by political influence, muscle power, and artificial crises designed to benefit a handful of companies during the deposed Awami League regime, said KM Rezaul Hasanat David, president of the Bangladesh Independent Power Producers’ Association (BIPPA).
18 October 2025, 18:47 PM
Private firms can now sell renewable power directly to customers
New policy removes state-run Power Development Board (PDB) as the sole buyer and seller from the process
13 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Rural areas bear the brunt of power outage
Hundreds of thousands of people in the rural areas have been subjected to hours of power outage despite record-setting generation of electricity over the last few days.
24 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Airlines against move to adjust jet fuel price under new BPC formula
As per the new formula, the price of jet fuel will be calculated each month by adding the average rate quoted by the Platts Asia Pacific/Arab Gulf (APAG) Marketscan for the preceding month with other expenses.
21 April 2024, 00:53 AM
Heatwave: Power supply mostly stable
Power supply to households remains largely stable nationwide, as many energy-intensive sources such as mills, factories, offices, and shopping malls are yet to reopen following the Eid holidays.
18 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Power shortage more acute in rural areas
With the weather getting warmer, power crisis is growing across the country and some rural areas have been experiencing prolonged loadshedding since last week.
5 April 2024, 02:00 AM
Gas shortage leaves compressor stations inoperative
The government built two compressor stations in 2016 to supply gas at adequate pressure to different districts, but the expensive machinery has been underutilised due to inadequate gas flow.
29 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Window for easy loans narrowing
Bangladesh’s access to cheap loans is closing in with its rising per capita income, making foreign borrowing costlier.
23 March 2024, 18:00 PM
LNG Processing: Capacity to outpace demand
Bangladesh will end up with surplus LNG regasification capacity by the end of this decade, said the UK-based BMI Research -- a development that will ultimately cost the exchequer in fees similar to capacity charges for power plants.
18 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Only eight industries to get new gas lines
The government is likely to stop new gas connections to industries save for eight “economically vital” ones under a forthcoming regulation.
17 March 2024, 18:00 PM
More power plants than needed
The government is continuing to ramp up the power generation capacity even though the electricity demand did not increase as per projection, putting an additional price burden on consumers, said energy experts.
16 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Gas crisis till April at least
Gas scarcity is likely to continue till April despite the government’s repeated assurance of scaling up gas supply during Ramadan and the irrigation season as one of the two Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU) will take longer to complete maintenance works.
13 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Tender floated for offshore oil, gas exploration
Petrobangla yesterday floated the offshore bidding tender inviting international oil and gas companies (IOCs) to explore Bangladesh’s maritime area in the Bay of Bengal.
10 March 2024, 18:00 PM
First city polls under new AL govt today
Mymensingh and Cumilla cities go to polls today to pick their mayors and councillors, just two months after the Awami League formed a new government.
8 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Fuel oil price may decrease once automated pricing kicks in
The government is going to start implementing the newly-formulated mechanism for setting fuel prices in line with global market rates by the end of this month and officials of the energy and finance division believe prices may reduce after the first adjustment.
4 March 2024, 00:26 AM
Load shedding may spike in summer
Power generation not growing in line with forecasted spike in demand, leaving people staring at frequent and extended power cuts.
21 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Foreign Loan: Repayment crosses $4b for first time
Foreign loan repayment, which was hovering around $3 billion since fiscal 2012-13, crossed the $4 billion-mark for the first time last fiscal year on the back of high interest payments and short-term loans in the power and energy sector.
19 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Govt, S Alam to team up to build second oil refinery
The state-owned Eastern Refinery (ERL) is likely to build its long-planned second unit in partnership with Chattogram-based conglomerate S Alam Group after previous attempts to expand the country’s oil refining capacity fell through because of a lack of financing.
17 February 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Whoever reads newspapers can’t be a thief’
In Banasree, on any given morning, if you find yourself walking past a newspaper stall that has been left unattended, don’t be surprised. Just pick up the newspaper or magazine that you want, put the money in the box that’s kept nearby, and you are on your way.
2 February 2024, 18:00 PM
'Whoever reads newspapers can’t be a thief'
In Banasree, on any given morning, if you find yourself walking past a newspaper stall that has been left unattended, don't be surprised. Just pick up the newspaper or magazine that you want, put the amount of money that it's worth in the box that's kept nearby, and you are on your way
2 February 2024, 07:39 AM
Amid gas crisis, 2 gas-run power plants firing up
Capacity payments, the scourge of the rapid rise in Bangladesh’s power generation capacity, are set to get higher this year.
31 January 2024, 18:00 PM
'Solar to be cheapest option for Bangladesh by next year': experts
While the world is moving towards renewable energy as it is much more environmentally-friendly than fossil fuel-based power plants and requires no additional fuel costs, Bangladesh is moving at a snail’s pace in this regard, said two researchers of BloombergNEF.
29 January 2024, 18:00 PM