Solar Energy

Solar Energy

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Most solar equipment can be imported at 1% duty under new order

Import taxes on those components had previously ranged from 23% to 64%.

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

The file photo of Anindya Islam Amit. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh targets 3,000MW of solar power before next summer: State minister

Solar panels at the Dalad Banner Photovaltic Base in Kubuqi desert during organized media tour, in Ordos, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, June 12, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

China leads wave of clean power wastage as grids globally hit limits

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NBR clarifies 1% duty on solar equipment imports

Officials cut a ribbon during the launching and commissioning ceremony of Gunze United Limited's 424 kWp rooftop solar PV project at its facility in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) in Savar on 11 August 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Gunze United commissions 424 kWp rooftop solar project at DEPZ

The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) has decided to raise the price of water by 10% from 1 July. Photo: Unsplash

Chinese solar-powered desalination system could deliver water at lower cost than bottled water

CPD Research Associate Atikuzzaman Shazeed presents the keynote paper at a programme in Dhaka, 23 June 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Pakistan's rooftop solar boom offers policy lessons for Bangladesh energy transition: Experts

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Why Bangladesh can replicate the solar miracles of Pakistan and Vietnam

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Buyer pressure, lower electricity costs drive small entrepreneurs to solar

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European renewable projects with batteries set to grow more than 450% by 2030

Control over electricity transmission infrastructure could become a source of future conflict. Photo: TBS

Govt to introduce new policy to boost rooftop solar expansion by June

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BPDB now floats 495MW solar tenders after mega round falters