Energy & Power

Energy & Power

Officials from Wärtsilä and the energy sector pose during a Q&A session at the Bangladesh Energy Transition Forum at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in Dhaka on 15 October 2026, Photo: Courtesy

Flexible power key to Bangladesh's renewable energy transition: Finnish firm Wärtsilä

With nearly 30,000MW of grid-connected capacity against peak generation of just over 17,000MW, the Finnish technology group says flexible power plants can help integrate renewables and improve fuel...

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$3.3b hard loans approved for fuel imports, power network upgrades

A farmer walks back to his John Deere combine after a break during winter wheat harvest near Skedee, Oklahoma, U.S., June 13, 2024.

Record US diesel prices squeeze farmers; food prices may rise

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chairs a high-level meeting on Bangladesh's power and energy sector at the Bangladesh Secretariat on 14 September 2026. Photo: BNP Media Cell

Gas, power supply to industries to improve from tomorrow, PM assures business leaders

Satellite image shows damage to the East-West pipeline facility in the Hejaz Region, Saudi Arabia, on 11 September, 2026. 2026

Saudi pipeline outage threatens loss of 4% of global oil supply

As Bangladesh is increasingly relying on solar-based electricity in its industrial sector, solar panels have been installed across the entire rooftop of NZ Apparels Limited – one of the country’s largest spinning mills – located in Narayanganj’s Araihazar. The factory management says the solar system is supplying 6 megawatts of electricity, meeting about 15% of the factory’s total power demand. The photo was taken on 17 December 2025. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

From electronics to garments and glass, how industries turning factory roofs into power plants

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Affected people must be resettled before Phulbari open-pit mining starts: PM

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Is gas shortage the only reason behind the electricity crisis?

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami holds a press briefing today (8 August) at its party office in the capital's Moghbazar. Photo: Jamaat-e-Islami Facebook Page

Jamaat demands halt to open refined fuel imports to private sector

A CNG filling station in Tejgaon, Dhaka, stands nearly empty on Wednesday amid a nationwide gas shortage caused by disrupted LNG supply. Low pressure has forced many stations to limit supply, while some have temporarily stopped selling CNG. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

LNG terminal glitch cuts gas supply by 450 mmcfd nationwide: Energy division

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Renewable energy incentives: For all or just a few?

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Rooftop revolution aligns with Bangladesh's 35,000MW energy vision

Environmental Economist Shafiqul Alam. TBS Sketch

Driving the energy transition, debunking climate mitigation myths