Electricity

Electricity

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Is the World Cup tripping Bangladesh's power grid?

The pressure is particularly acute because Bangladesh is already enduring extreme summer heat. The World Cup, analysts say, effectively arrived on top of an already stressed grid

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Global business leaders back faster electrification shift

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Nepal to start exporting electricity to Bangladesh with symbolic 40MW from 15 Jun

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200-digit recharge tokens leave prepaid electricity users frustrated in Sylhet

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Target to generate 30% of electricity from renewables by 2040

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon spoke at an emergency press briefing organized at the Information Department conference room at the Secretariat on 6 June 2026. File Photo: PID

65% of marginalised people exempted from electricity price hike pressure: Swapon

Prime Minister's Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman. File photo: Collected.

Fuel, electricity price hike unlikely to significantly affect market: Adviser Zahed

Participants attend the MiB Policy Dialogue on renewable energy adoption in Bangladesh’s RMG sector at a hotel in Banani, Dhaka, today (19 May). Photo: TBS

Rooftop solar can meet up to 14% of RMG factories' electricity demand: Study

Representional image of a powerplant. File Photo: BSS

Cabinet body approves electricity procurement from North West Power

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Cabinet body approves electricity procurement from NWPGCL plants

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Bangladesh inflation snapshot: March 2026

Bangladesh High Court. Photo: BSS

Shitalakshya pollution: HC orders power, gas disconnection for 20 factories without ETPs

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Payra, Rampal won't supply power in summer unless subsidy payments released