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
Registration of 2 Parties: Questions raised over EC’s picks
A day after the Election Commission primarily cleared little-known Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) for registration as political parties,
17 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Power projects rarely completed on time
Most of the projects in the power sector are not completed on time, with some seeing as much as 300 percent cost overruns, said a recent report of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).
10 July 2023, 01:10 AM
Capacity charge is model of robbery
Says IMED in a report on the power sector
6 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Age of low-priority projects?
Amid a cost of living crisis, providing cash support to the poor and endeavouring to tame inflation would be the logical actions. But the government is not toeing that line.
20 June 2023, 01:00 AM
Power Outage: Only one-third plants operating at full capacity
Of the 153 power plants in the country, 49 are operating at capacity, which explains the ongoing power outages amid the searing summer heat.
7 June 2023, 01:00 AM
Payra Plant’s Temporary Closure: Govt counting on power plants under trial run
With the country’s biggest power producer, Payra Power Plant, temporarily closing yesterday, the government is now looking at plants that are doing dry runs to ease load shedding.
5 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Not improving anytime soon
Nobody knows exactly when the power cuts will end
5 June 2023, 01:00 AM
City dwellers swelter amid power cuts
As the current heatwave gets worse, the country’s power shortage shows no signs of improvement.
4 June 2023, 01:30 AM
Gone are the days of glory
There was a time not so long ago when Bangladesh Film Development Corporation was abuzz with various activities -- from shooting films to dubbing and editing.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Power, Energy Budget: Revenue comes before plight of the people
The budget almost halved the allocation for the energy sector and proposed a flat import duty of Tk 13.75 for each litre of 11 imported refined petroleum products instead of the current 15 percent VAT and 5 percent advance tax on import.
1 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Power cuts may worsen in June
Power cuts are likely to increase in June as the dollar crisis, fuel shortage and maintenance work leave around 45 percent of the country’s power generation capacity unutilised at a time when the mercury is rising again.
30 May 2023, 21:20 PM
Unpaid power plant’s gas line severed over dues
Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company Ltd (KGDCL) has severed gas connection of a Regent Power plant in Chattogram as the plant owes it Tk 8 crore in bills.
28 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Starved of coal: Payra power plant may shut for weeks
Coal shortage has forced officials to shut down a 660 megawatt unit of Payra power plant on May 25, a first in its three years of operation, and if things stay as they are, the other unit of the plant will stop production in about a week.
28 May 2023, 01:30 AM
Household gas: Gas price may rise by up to Tk 512 a month
Without conducting a proper study, Titas has said the average household gas consumption is a lot more than the estimation made by the energy regulator last year.
16 May 2023, 18:00 PM
A third of power capacity unutilised
About one-third of the country’s total power generation capacity remains unutilised when people across the country are enduring mild and moderate heatwaves.
10 May 2023, 01:00 AM
Offshore Gas Exploration: Petrobangla drafts new negotiation guidelines
Petrobangla has prepared a draft of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for offshore gas exploration that improves the state-owned company’s bargaining position when it sits down for negotiation with global oil companies.
9 May 2023, 01:10 AM
On the cusp of finding a new gas field
Bapex believes it has discovered a gas field at Ilisha union in Bhola.
7 May 2023, 01:00 AM
Outages intensify despite record power generation
Frequent power cuts outside the cities have been making people’s lives miserable for a week amid the heatwave.
19 April 2023, 01:00 AM
Adani Power chapter begins in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has started to receive about 750 megawatts of electricity from the Adani power plant in India yesterday, putting to bed the suspense surrounding the start of the cross-border transmission.
7 April 2023, 01:40 AM
Transmitting Adani’s power to get costlier
The overall cost for transmitting electricity from the Adani power plant in Godda, Jharkhand is set to increase further as two projects meant for that end are eyeing cost and time revisions.
12 March 2023, 01:00 AM