There is no possibility of super cyclone 'Sitrang' - to be formed over the Bay of Bengal - hitting Bangladesh coast, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman said today (October 12, 2022).

Amid a deepening power crisis in the country, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission may hike the bulk electricity price tomorrow.

State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid urged the officials of his ministry to ensure more coordination in implementing projects on development of infrastructures in the power sector.

The new price of electricity at the wholesale level will be announced on Thursday, said Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) Member (Power) Mohammad Bazlur Rahman today (October 11, 2022).

About 500 pilot whales have died in mass strandings on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, the government said Tuesday after ruling out a rescue effort in the area's shark-filled waters.

Power generation at unit five of Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant in Narsingdi resumed this (October 10, 2022) evening after a week of suspension following the national grid failure.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that there is no hope of improvement in the ongoing load-shedding situation before November, as gas could not be imported.

A mobile court sentenced three fishers to 20 days in jail for catching brood hilsa in Padma river at Shibchar upazila of Madaripur today (October 9, 2022), defying a government ban.

An elephant calf was found dead in Modusia forest of Khutakhali union in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar today.

Bangladesh is said to have about 712 species of birds although the IUCN Red List of Bangladesh confirmed about 570 species.

Police and forest officials rescued a hoolock gibbon, locally called Ulluk, while being trafficked to Chattogram city from its Lohagara upazila this morning.

State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said there is no scope to reduce the price of fuel.

If a unit of thermal power plant is not started immediately, it takes at least four to five days to fix the temperature level. As a result, power generation at unit 5 of Ghorashal Thermal Power Plant in Narsingdi has been stopped temporarily, according to power plant sources.

The Power Division has formed a separate committee to identify the reasons behind Tuesday's national grid failure and submit recommendations to avert the recurrence of such incidents.

Regarding Tuesday’s national grid failure, the State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said, "Such technical fault is not an unusual incident."

Experts blame poor electricity transmission equipment, the lack of a smart grid, and the ill-equipped National Load Dispatch Centre for Tuesday’s national grid failure that caused power blackouts in half the country.

A total of 20.45 kilometres of flood-control embankments have been damaged in eight upazilas of Patuakhali due to downpour and tidal surge, triggered by depression over the Bay.

More light to moderate shower is likely to drench Bangladesh in the next 24 hours, the weather department said yesterday.

Investigation committee of the state-owned Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has started its probe to identify the reasons behind the national power grid failure that triggered a seven-to-eight-hour long blackout across most of the country, starting at 2:04 pm yesterday (October 4, 2022).

Business and industrial activities were disrupted for several hours since yesterday afternoon as the national power grid failed, plunging half of the country into darkness.