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Electricity generation is one of the most significant drivers of coal demand in India and directly employs close to 5 lakh people (IEA 2020). Photo: Bloomberg

India proposes coal gasification to tide over possible energy crisis

On 20 March, India achieved the landmark of one billion tonnes of coal production for the second year in a row

US President Donald Trump speaks prior to a bilateral meeting with Switzerland's Federal President Guy Parmelin, Switzerland's Economy Minister Federal councillor Karin Keller-Sutter and Switzerland's Foreign Minister Federal councillor Ignazio Cassis, in Congress Centre, on the sideline of the 56th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Photo: Laurent Gillieron/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry: Bloomberg News

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BPDB warns of immediate load-shedding risk as power payment crisis deepens

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Bangladesh’s electricity generation mix: renewables at only 5.4%

RPCL-Norinco International Power Limited (RNPL) in Patuakhali. Photo: Collected

Power Division orders RNPL to cancel coal supply tender for Pathuakhali power plant over irregularities

Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Coal unloading for Payra power plant resumes at Ctg port

Employees perform cooling operations where coal is stored at the NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) power plant in Solapur, India, on March 2, 2025. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

India's $80 billion coal-power boom is running short of water

Matarbari 1,200MW coal-fired plant in Moheshkhali, Cox's Bazar. File Photo: Nupa Alam/TBS

Supplier slapped with 5 conditions to unload rejected Matarbari coal shipment

The Matarbari Port, located in the Matarbari area of Cox's Bazar's Maheshkhali upazila, is designed to function as a full-fledged deep-sea commercial port. File Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Fresh bid for new coal supplier for Matarbari power plant in the offing

Matarbari plant in Moheshkhali, Cox's Bazar. File Photo: Nupa Alam/TBS

Coal imported for Matarbari power plant sent back due to heavy soil mix

Barapukuria Coal Mine. Photo: Collected

Coal extraction resumes in new phase at Barapukuria mine

Workers sort rocks near a coal mine in Datong, China.Photographer: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images/Bloomberg

India set to see biggest jump in coal-fired power in a decade

Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a military ceremony at the Military School of Cadets General Jose Maria Cordova in Bogota on May 31, 2024. Photo: AFP/Raul ARBOLEDA

Colombia to suspend coal sales to Israel over Gaza war