Joynal Abedin Shishir

Md. Joynal Abedin Shishir is a Staff Reporter at The Business Standard who has expertise in the fields of political affairs, the SMS industry and city corporations. He can be reached at joynalshishir20@gmail.com

Energy

Power, fertiliser plants' gas bill arrears to Petrobangla exceed Tk25,000cr

Environment

Temp feared to hit 45°C by 29 April as Bangladesh boils under heatwave

Bangladesh

Load-shedding hits 1,500MW; Secretariat asked to limit power use

Industry

Industries on survival mission as costs soar

Bangladesh

Load shedding increases despite record power generation

A natural gas flare burns near an oil pump jack. Subsidies for fossil fuels have risen over the past two years despite nations’ commitments to phasing them out and reducing emissions. Photo: Bloomberg

Bangladesh

Environmentalists demand subsidy withdrawal to 'end the era of fossil fuels'

Energy

Blue hydrogen worse than fossil fuels: Study

In contrast to the usual bustling crowd during Ramadan, eateries along Bailey Road in the capital are now witnessing fewer customers following a tragic fire at a nearby restaurant building on 1 March that claimed 46 lives. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Joynal Abedin Shishir

Bangladesh

Few customers at Bailey Road iftar shops after restaurant fire tragedy

Ayesha Khatun waits for her son at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

Gazipur cylinder blast: 'Destiny always mocks the poor'

Three-hundred and twenty characters. That's how many digits Salah Uddin Mahmud, a resident of the capital’s Shonir Akhra, was sent on his phone as a one-time-password (OTP) to top up his prepaid electricity balance. Photo: Nayem Ali/TBS

Energy

'World's longest' 320-digit OTP haunts prepaid electricity consumers

Economy

Offshore bidding opens today with 'attractive' PSC

Nantu Mia, father of 22-year-old Naim Ahmed who burned to death in Bailey Road building fire, cries in front of the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Photo: Joynal Abedin Shishir

Bangladesh

'Bring my baba back, I want to talk to him for just one more minute': A father’s cry for his boy

Bangladesh