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Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku

Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, BNP candidate who won from Sirajganj-2, got a call from the cabinet division to become the minister of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. He himself confirmed the matter to The Business Standard.

https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/see-who-will-become-next-ministers-state-ministers-1363801

Look who is expected to be the new Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister in BNP cabinet, confirmation on Monday.

He is the chap who was recently quoted as saying they were going to mine their own coal using Open Pit mining

Iqbal Hansa Mahmud Tuku

https://rtvonline.com/english/amp/bangladesh/national/272647

'As the 13th national parliamentary election was held peacefully on Thursday (February 12). Businesspeople and industrialists are now looking to the new government for how quickly it ensures policy stability and law and order and resolves the energy crisis.'

'Economists believe quick policy decisions may follow to revive industry, exports, and infrastructure development. A stable political framework also sends an important message to foreign investors.'

'Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) president Taskin Ahmed said the three main obstacles to business at present are weak law and order, instability in the banking sector, and the energy crisis.'

'Though the situation is difficult, positive intent could bring improvements. He noted that Tk14,000–Tk18,000 crore remains unpaid in the energy sector. Failure to clear these dues could create electricity shortages during Ramadan and even in summer.'

https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/403292/economy-to-gain-momentum-as-election-concludes

Watch the interview with supreme court advocate who explains it clearly, 11.40 in on timeline, its clearly explained in English not the dribble being posted on here by god knows who …

https://youtu.be/b-9_DGRq85E

Heres the link to the interview

https://youtu.be/b-9_DGRq85E

Dont know where you are getting your information from or are you just doing it off the cuff. The people do not vote on any of the 80 odd items in the teferendum again, they have given thir permission to the government already to create reform councils. Searcher posted a link last night to a news channel on you tube where an advocate of the supreme court explained how the referendum worked. Suggest you watch it. Iif the goverment decide to approve the phulbari sod next week they can

Financial Express: BNP 151

https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/

Al Jazeera:https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/2/12/bangladesh-election-results-live-polls-formally-close-counting-under-way

BNP crosses halfway point in parliamentary election, looks to be winner: Report

Local outlet Ekattor TV says the Bangladesh Nationalist Party crossed the halfway mark to win the parliamentary election.

Ballots are still being counted, and the results that have been reported thusfar are largely unofficial.

BNP had won 151 seats in the 300-member parliament, Ekattor TV showed, securing a simple majority.

If, as expected, the newly elected government is going to hit the ground running on sorting out their energy roadmap (they inherit it from Khan it will be theirs) GCM and in particular Asia Energy, is going to have to hit the ground running too. I suspect the reason these fundraises have happened separately is that since did the initial fundraiser, as more discussions have taken place, they realised actually we need to hit the ground running on this too and we are going to need more people on the ground both in Dhakka and Phulbari (maybe even in Nilphamari), They don't get mentioned on here much but the staff on the ground in are really dedicated and hard working, hiring new skilled employees takes time especially if it involves relocation. I've seen pictures of the offices in Dhakka and Phulbari and they're not exactly massive. There's going to be big changes this year and they will need the resources to facilitate and fund them. They haven't raised the money for fun.

Thanks Digit for posting that link, think the page is relatively new, or I missed it before. Old age ! Looking at the figures on there if you exclude Phulbari then all the coal fields in Bangladesh, including Bara being mined OP, at most produce 7-8 million tonnes per year and thats from 2033, which is not in this governments tenure. Phulbari alone can produce 15-20 millions tonnes per year, but that includes coking coal , so say 12-16 million tonnes of furnace coal. If you add them all together...at the most optimistic, it comes to 24 million tonnes which is what the energy master plans target is for domestic coal .

If the new government are as has been suggested going to adopt the masterplan straight away it's impossible without Phulbari, not to mention the timelines, Phulbari can produce the greatest amount of coal in 2-3 years, the others it would be 2033 before they produce anything , the conclusion i make is tat Phulbari is the crown jewel of that master plan because without it the whole thing can't work.

I checked all the figures on that site because I really didn't know that output from those other potential mines was so small but they are pretty much correct according to google and wikipedia

This is just part of what the new government is inheriting, and this is just for the oil powered plants. There is no other way of climbing out of their predicament without destroying the whole economy than to utilise their own domestic coal, and in the future, with luck, further develop any gas fields, gradually utilise solar and the infrastructure it requires..but they're speculative, Phulbari is real..and ready to go.

'Outstanding payments owed by the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to furnace oil–based domestic power generation companies have reached around Tk 14,000 crore, industry representatives said on Monday.

Due to prolonged delays in bill payments, the companies are facing a severe financial crisis and are demanding that at least 60% of the outstanding dues be cleared before Ramadan to stabilize operations.'

https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/402897/power-producers’-dues-from-bpdb-reach-tk-14-000

And of course we have the financing in place already through Power China and The Energy Advisor stated back in February that there is a miner waiting and ready to finance Phulbari to the tune of $15 billion. (No doubt Chinese on that one)

Well considering that the chap who wrote that is part of the IEEFA renewable energy activist entity and is quoting the Energy Master Plan I think we can accept that the figure is real. Any potential underground coal mines, would only produce a couple of million tonnes per year, optimistically. Bara produces less that a million tonnes per year. Coal mining is all about "materials handling"! As coal is a relatively low density material, a tonne of coal is a relatively large volume compared with "rock ore materials". Hence with coal mining there's a lot of cubic metres to handle! So, this always restricts underground coal mines' ability to achieve high tonnage mining rates! Open pit mining can employ large equipments and had no such constraints! There is only one mine in Bangladesh that can produce anywhere near that tonnage and thats Phulbari and the next government is going to need domestic coal is its coming tenure, not 5-6 governments later. There is no other mine ready to go except Phulbari, and any underground mines are 5 plus years away and as I said can only produce a fraction of what the Energy Master Plan states is needed.

Thanks Digit for the YouTube link to the BNP rally.

31.53 minutes in the speaker just before Tarique says in reference to Tarique and BNP 'come to govern the state of Bangladesh in the coming days and especially Dinajpur, where the Dinajpur coal mine is located, for the contribution to the national economy'

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mL33Yhgpruk

Don't forget this :

Mahmud also expressed support for open-pit coal mining, saying domestic coal resources should be included in the future energy mix to improve energy security and reduce import dependence.

He said the country can no longer continue with business as usual in the energy sector, adding that the ongoing power and fuel crisis requires structural reforms and long-term planning instead of short-term solutions.

(He was a former power minister under BNP and is a current BNP standing committee member

https://www.deshkalnews.com/news/18544

What Tarique Rahman, leader of the BNP said at the Rangpur Rally and the context. Just prior to the rally he had been to the village of Pirganj to pay his respects to the family of a ‘martyr’. He said at the rally that he knew there was coal in Rangpur but didn’t know before that visit to the family that there was also a coalmine at Piranj, the coalmine he was referring to was at the abandoned Kalasphir mine. I’ve added some links below both about the mine and what was reported in the press. The Kalasphir mine needs proper feasibility studies done on it and if those are positive and they decide to mine it’s still 5-7 years away before getting first coal. To state the obvious that’s not going to be in this parliaments tenure, on top of that if anyone thinks that Tarique and his advisers in that car journey from Piranj to the rally did their research and decided that it was a good idea to announce to the world they were going to mine their own coal (and that would be at Piranj) then you really shouldn’t be investing. His speech was written and rehearsed before he ever went to Piranj. Neither he nor his multitude of advisers would sanction that, they are not stupid developing their election strategy in car journeys as they go. They are seasoned politicians. Furthermore that abandoned mine at Kalasphir if it ever got the go ahead, or seen as economically feasible could only provide enough coal to feed a 500MW power station, that’s not going to save the country, Phulbari can provide 13 times that in 2-3 years time….and that ‘coincidentally’ is in the tenure of this parliament.

The Interim governments energy adviser has said they need to mine Phulbari, New Age reported that ‘ Tarique said that after the interim government took office, it formed reform commissions and that many of the proposals later put forward by the commissions broadly reflected those the BNP had already presented to the public’ well they recommended utilising own coal and specifically mentioned Phulbari as being the only one ready to go.

Here aresome links

‘He alleged that no meaningful steps have been taken to change people’s lives and said that coal extraction in the Rangpur region could pave the way for significant development in the area.’

https://www.daily-sun.com/politics/854833/tarique-rahman-seeks-yes-votes-in-referendum

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/tarique-seeks-yes-vote-pledges-coal-based-industries-1769797258

Khalashpir Mine:

https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-100425

Well past 20mknutes cant even get a quote on ig

The article is about funding the UN

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Friday sought "yes" vote in the upcoming referendum, scheduled to be held along with the February 12 general election, and also pledged coal-based industries in the north.

https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/first-page/tarique-seeks-yes-vote-pledges-coal-based-industries-1769797258

Was abandoned, will take at least 6-7 years to produce coal, will require new studies etc etc. If it came online would be long wall mining and producing nowhere near what Phulbari will. Here's an interesting article from 2009 with some background and when you look at who was involved ......

https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-100425