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A rickshaw is charged through an unauthorised power line on Mirpur national Zoo Road on Tuesday. Illegal charging points keep rising across Dhaka, powering nearly 10 lakh battery-run rickshaws and causing an estimated Tk4,000 crore in annual power theft. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

'Bangla Tesla' boom drains nearly Tk4,000 crore in power theft a year in Dhaka

Battery-run rickshaws, adorably called "Bangla Tesla”, now dominate the capital’s transport scene, clogging main roads and every alley

Photo: Collected

The AI revolution has a power problem

Illustration: TBS

What reviving the 'unsolicited deal playbook' means for Bangladesh

TBS Infograph

From power to ports: Interim govt revives the unsolicited deal playbook

File Photo/ UNB

How independent power producers started in Bangladesh and why they fail to meet power demand

The IPP model has been criticised for adding financial pressure, as capacity payments are mostly in dollars and rely on fossil fuel imports. Photo: TBS

How merchant plants are redefining Bangladesh’s energy sector

Consensus committee holds meeting on 29 June 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Power of individuals must be limited in governance: Ali Riaz

File photo of BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury. Photo: Collected

BNP plans to create 10 million jobs in 18 months if voted to power: Amir Khasru

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

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Brains without borders: How Bangladesh’s youth are shaping soft power diplomacy

Infographic: TBS

Adani finally agrees to sit over power purchase disputes

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Adani Green Energy logo are seen in this illustration taken, on 9 December 2022. Photo: Reuters

Adani fully restores power supply to Bangladesh as payments resume

Rights activists at an awarness-increasing campaign in Rangpur on 7 March. Photo: BSS

Rights activists call for empowering women in power, energy sectors