A war thousands of kilometres away suddenly shows up in the prices of groceries, the cost of running a factory, government subsidies or import bills, and the anxious arithmetic of a family budget as the people navigate the long lines outside refuelling stations.

Short-term crisis management mustn't be conflated with long-term strategic planning.

Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar are two key sources

The US-Israel war on Iran may not be on Bangladesh’s border, but it definitely is on our economic horizon.

The government is preparing to conserve energy and possibly introduce power cuts and rationing as global fuel supplies remain under stress due to the ongoing Middle East war.

Unless Bangladesh makes efforts to control power generation costs, price hikes alone will not significantly minimise the subsidy burden.

Dhaka Chamber, Sanem jointly organise discussion on industrial sector’s energy efficiency

Load shedding during the summer days will be kept at a tolerable level, Power and Energy Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan said yesterday.

Three production units owned by Meghna Group of Industries (MGI) have been sitting idle inside the Cumilla Economic Zone despite two years having passed since construction works were completed due to a lack of gas and power connections

The power supply situation has further deteriorated across the country as another power plant has completely shut and there is no sign of increasing generation in the immediate future.

CPD’s three-step proposal deserves consideration

Squandering of funds in the name of capacity charges must stop

There is no justification for raising electricity prices four times a year

Why must our rural population always shoulder the majority of the burden?

Replace the capacity charge model with pro-people policies

The perennial energy crisis of industries in Bangladesh remains unresolved even though energy prices have been hiked considerably to offset government subsidies in the sector and facilitate industrial productivity.

Investments made by full-fledged Islamic banks in Bangladesh surged nearly nine times their deposits in a span of a year, raising questions as private sector credit growth has slowed in the entire banking sector, official figures showed.  

We need to invest in renewables now

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that demand for electricity is increasing by around 100 MW every day

At the beginning of 2022, businesses were upbeat and many of them thought that the worst stemming from the losses induced by the coronavirus pandemic was finally over. That was short-lived.