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Powerful display of powerplay: Teams that are ahead in stats

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-10-14 17:52:39

Powerplay rules were included in the limited-over games to make it more interesting, to let the batsmen become more intent and give a chance to spectate a more competitive bat and ball game. In...

BSEC to build power tiller assembly plant in Bogura

JUBAIR HASAN 2019-11-16 10:32:29

The government plans to build a power tiller assembly-cum-manufacturing plant in the country at an initial cost of around Tk 5.0 billion. The object behind building the plant is to further facilitate...

One unit of power saved is worth two generated!

S. M. Formanul Islam 2017-10-17 12:33:10

Mr. X is a very smart senior officer in a company. His room is well decorated, air conditioned, brightly lit, and glass windows are covered by expensive blinders. The air conditioner (AC) of his room...

Omera: Best practices in energy industry

Tanzeem Chowdhury 2017-10-17 12:31:53

There is ample opportunity to bridge the nation's gas crisis with alternate fuels. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is the greenest form of alternate fuel as LPG produces low carbon footprint when burned...

‘LPG industry needs a strong regulator’

-- 2017-10-17 12:30:25

Demand for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) risen significantly in Bangladesh with growth of over 42 per cent to 45 per cent. Eleven private sector companies are working in the LPG sector with Bashundhar...

Bashundhara LP Gas: The pioneer

-- 2017-10-17 12:28:55

The beginning, in the year of 1999, Bashundhara LP Gas Limited, started off as the First Private LP Gas importing, bottling and marketing company in Bangladesh.The company has a state-of-the-art LP Ga...

Switch to underground power substation halts for high cost

FHM Humayan Kabir 2017-10-14 10:15:49

A switch to rich-country practice of having underground power-transmission system received a blow with the rejection of two substation projects for the capital for their bloated costs. Officials sai...

Generous rural power connections far outstrip actual generation

M Azizur Rahman 2017-10-12 12:00:00

Generous power connections through "unplanned" network expansion in the country's rural areas have far outstripped generation, resulting in sporadic outage, sufferers said. Inadequate and inefficient...

Women empowerment improves in 2012-15

Kamrun Nahar 2017-10-07 12:00:00

The scenario of women empowerment in Bangladesh has improved between 2012 and 2015, as the share of disempowered women decreased from 73 per cent in 2012 to 59 per cent in 2015, a latest IFPRI study r...

BTMA, rights groups decry power price hike bid

FE Report 2017-09-28 12:00:00

A proposal for raising power tariffs under Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) faced opposition from consumer rights activists, politicians and a trade body in the public hearing. Rather, t...

Shikalbaha power plant runs at full blast soon

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2017-09-17 10:24:49

The 225-megawatt Shikalbaha power plant in Chittagong will run at full blast from next month, feeding an additional 75 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the national grid. Located in Patiya U...

Costs of fossil fuel import to weigh heavily on state coffer

M Azizur Rahman 2017-08-28 12:00:00

Bangladesh's dependency on import of fossil fuels is set to swell up significantly from early 2018 as the country, for the first time, is set to start importing 'expensive' LNG (liquefied natural gas)...

Doreen Power to invest Tk 10b more in two plants

Kamrun Nahar 2017-08-28 01:52:45

Private power generation company Doreen Power Generation and Systems Ltd will invest another Tk 10 billion in two power plants to add a total of 400 megawatt (MW) electricity to the national g...

Policy support needed to ensure easy access to LP gas

Ismail Hossain 2017-08-28 01:51:16

Mohammed Saidul Islam Government policy support is necessary for easier and safer use of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas by households, motor vehicles and industries to cope with the increasing demand f...

Importance of using right kind of lubricants in power sector

Mohammed Yousuf and Mohammed Saifuddin 2017-08-28 01:48:59

Lubricants are a mixture of chemicals that are applied in machines to reduce the friction between moving surfaces. The use of vehicles, machines and equipment has become a part of our daily life. Any...

Generation capacity up, but challenges remain

Special Correspondent 2017-08-28 01:46:25

Bangladesh's overall electricity generation has currently reached to around 9,000 megawatt (MW) riding mostly on 'expensive' oil-fired power plants as low-cost power plants continued to delay in comin...

LPG sector needs more investment

Mohammed Nurul Alam 2017-08-28 01:42:14

Mohammed Nurul Alam Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is a rapidly growing industry in Bangladesh. As a potential sector, we have seven major companies including BM Energy (BD) Ltd. The gap between dem...

Trend in renewable energy use in Bangladesh

Mehdi Musharraf Bhuiyan 2017-08-28 01:40:50

In the ancient Mediterranean, there was a famous city called Syracuse. Legend has it that when the Roman ships were attacking the place in 212 BC, one of the most gifted children of the city, named Ar...