Note: This report has been updated to reflect the Power Division’s revised statement

The government has given the nod, in principle, to conduct a detailed feasibility study for establishing the first offshore wind energy plant in Bangladesh.

Some parts of Dhaka will experience power disruption for the next seven days due to maintenance work of transmission system, said a press release of power division

Why sit on the proposal to produce 1,000 MW of solar power?

Thirty-five percent of all capacity payments the government made to independent power producers (IPPs) over the last three years went to two private companies and a joint venture.

Despite repeated directives by Power Division, there is hardly any progress in realising the unpaid bills from different power distribution entities from their customers, particularly those in the public sector.