Scrap power project, save Sundarbans: 5 organisations ask govt
Five prominent organisations yesterday demanded that the government scrap the proposed project of a coal-based thermal power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat as they said the plant, if built, would pose a threat to the Sundarbans. At a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club, speakers said the decision of setting up a power plant [...]
MoU on 1320MW coal-fired power plant by June, Chinese company to import coal for Ctg plant
March 8, 2012 No Comment
Bangladesh and China will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in June to set up a joint-venture coal-fired power plant in Chittagong to generate 1,320MW electricity, an official said. The Chinese ministry of commerce has already approved the draft MoU sent by the Bangladesh Power Division early this year, an official of the ministry of [...]
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The High Court Monday asked the government to stop the process of setting up a coal-fired power plant at Anwara in Chittagong until further order, as greens fear it will harm the environment. A High Court bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Farid Ahmed gave the order after hearing a writ petition filed by [...]
Continue reading …Bangladesh and United Kingdom (UK) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on February 26 to extend cooperation in power sector, an official said. It would be the second state-level MoU for Bangladesh after signing a deal with the National Thermal Power Company of India last year. Under the first MoU, the Indian company signed [...]
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The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) signed the much-awaited joint venture (JV) deal with the Indian National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Sunday to build a 1,320 megawatts (mw) coal-fired thermal power plant at a cost of US$ 1.5 billion in Khulna. This is the first-ever JV of the BPDB with a foreign firm to [...]
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In a fresh move to increase power production, the government is set to install more liquid fuel-fired power plants, though such plants may severely deplete the central bank’s reserves. In its recent publication, Bangladesh Power sector generation planning and implementation, Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) said that it plans to install around 13000 MW within [...]
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