The high-powered probe committee, formed with Director General of the Prime Minister’s Office (Admin) Khalilur Rahman as its head to look into the disappearance of coal from the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL), visited the coal mine on Thursday.
Singapore – Media OutReach – 1 August 2018 – The Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) is organising the 5th edition of Asia Clean Energy Summit 2018 (ACES) with speakers setting the benchmark for best practices, debate trends and solutions…
Fuel loading of Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s only floating nuclear power unit (FNPU) so far, begins in Russia. After getting necessary permission from Rostechnadzor, regulatory body of Russia the stage by stage fuel loading starts on July 25 at the Atomflot (…
Dhaka, Jul 29 – A high-powered probe committee has been formed with a director general of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as its head to look into the disappearance of coal from storages of the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited…
Dhaka, July 29 – State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources said the government will not take any responsibility of corruption. Stern action will be taken against all forms of corruption, he said.
by Lili Fuhr, Hannah McKinnon Berlin – Since the Paris climate agreement was signed in 2015, too many policymakers have fallen for the oil and gas industry’s rhetoric about how it can help to reduce greenhouse-gas em issions. Tall tales…
Energy and Mineral Resources Division Secretary Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem on Friday said those responsible for the disappearance of 1.44 lakh tonnes of coal from Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) will be brought to justice.
The UAE’s Department of Energy (DoE)has issued an electricity generation licence to Barakah One – the joint venture company that will operate the country’s first nuclear power plant. Barakah One is the subsidiary company owned by the Emirates Nuclear Energy…
Petrobangla never made any inventory since start of the Barapukuria coal-mine operation and supply of the coal to the nearby Barapukuria power plant in 2006.
Dinajpur Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission has found abnormalities in the coal extracted from the mine in Dinajpur’s Barapukuria in its initial investigations. Its five investigators found no trace of 144,000 tonnes of coal on the yard of the mine during…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday formed a three-member probe committee to look into the ‘disappearance of coal’ from Barapukuria coal mine.
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid said on Monday that the ministry will file criminal cases against the guilty persons after receiving report of a probe committee, formed to investigate causes of unusual shortage of coal supply from…
The country’s northern region is likely to experience unusual power cuts or low voltage problem as the authorities concerned shut down the third and last unit of Barapukuria Coal-fired Thermal Power Plant on Sunday night.
In a spectacular amalgamation of music and nuclear energy, the International Children’s Creativity Project – “Nuclear Kids” – is being organized in Hungary by Russia`s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation. Five students from India and Bangladesh are participating in the…
Taking a swipe at those creating unnecessary tension about the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said there is nothing to be worried about it as modern technology is being used to ensure its safety.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all to exercise austerity in suing electricity and water as the government provides these utilities at subsidised prices.
Experts at a dialogue on energy sector on Wednesday said though the country’s power generation and supply capacity increased remarkably over the last nine years, its per capita electricity consumption is still the lowest in South Asia and among the…
Dhaka, July 2 – Rusatom Smart Utilities ( ITPC) – a division of the Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation, Russia and SUEZ signed a Memorandum of understanding for water desalination, water treatment and wastewater treatment. Ksenia Sukhotina, Director General of…
Dhaka, June 30 – Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, represented by Atomenergoprom, joined the Nuclear Quality Standard Association(NQSA). An agreement to this effect was signed at the World Nuclear Exhibition, held in Paris at the end of last month.
Oil production at the Neutral Zone between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait will resume when the two sides reach a deal, Kuwait’s oil minister said. Bhakeet Al-Rashidi told parliament production was stalled “due to technical reasons”, according to Kuwait news agency…
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Media OutReach – 27 June 2018 – DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, has deployed the country’s first electric vehicle in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone for delivery and pick-ups within the…
by Wade Allison Oxford – At the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, world leaders, at last, seemed to recognize the reality of climate change. But the response they are pursuing is fundamentally flawed, given its dependence on…
Dhaka, June 24 – A two-week international camp for children of 12-16 years’ ages successfully ends on July 19, in Turkey on the Black Sea. 84 children from nine countries, including Bangladesh and their team leaders worked together for a better…
Dhaka – North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) will set up a 100 MW Grid Connected Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power Plant in Faridpur as part of its commitment for green power generation.
The world is afflicted by problems that people experience in their daily lives: clean air in congested cities, a healthy and independent life in old age, access to digital technologies that improve public services, and treatment of diseases like cancer…
Abu Dhabi, UAE: 14 June 2018 — Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has welcomed the European Union’s (EU) decision to increase its renewable energy target from 27 per cent to 32 per cent by…
Titas Gas Company`s proposal to raise an average 75 percent gas price faced tremendous opposition from different consumer groups at the public hearing of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday.
Russia and China have signed the biggest package of contracts in the history of the two countries’ nuclear partnership recently in Beijing. The signing ceremony was attended by Russian president Vladimir Putin and President of People’s Republic of China president…
Pope Francis has said climate change is a challenge of “epochal proportions” and that the world must convert to clean fuel. “Civilisation requires energy, but energy use must not destroy civilisation,” he said. He was speaking to a group of…
The global nuclear nonproliferation system has always relied on responsible leadership from the United States and other global powers. The effort to create, extend, and strengthen the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), which was opened for signature 50 years ago on…