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Digit4lis, this looks like another article in the Energy & Power magazine….

Energy Sector Priorities For Interim Government

The fuel supply crisis has already led to massive power load-shedding. Most fertilizer plants are shut down now. Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are in deep crisis. Own gas reserve is alarmingly depleting. Bureaucratic control has almost decapitated Petrobangla. Multidimensional control and interference have made the energy and power sector enterprises inefficient. The Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provisions) Act 2010 created scope for corruption and misappropriation of money. All these needs curing and remedying. The sector desperately requires dynamic organizations to explore and exploit domestic natural resources (gas, coal) and increase the contribution of renewable energy for a smart and just energy transition.

https://ep-bd.com/view/details/article/MTA1NjE%3D/title?q=energy+sector+priorities+for+interim+government

New chairmen appointed to REB, PDB, and BERC

https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2aecec7ce7b4

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 receives delivery of major equipment

https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/energy/rooppur-nuclear-power-plant-unit-2-receives-delivery-major-equipment-924461?amp

Well, you definitely can’t complain about this interim government taking their time and trying to resolve the issues!

Hopefully coal will be next on their list!!

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the party's relationship with China would deepen further in the coming days.

"Our relationship with China will grow stronger, and it will advance in the future based on mutual assurance, trust, and confidence," he said after a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen at the BNP Chairperson's office in Gulshan.

https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/bnps-ties-china-deepen-further-3683241?amp

NBR seeks account details of five business tycoons

Looks like more from the energy industry are just about to get a knock at their door!!

They are……….

Summit Group founder-chairman Aziz Khan,

Orion Group chief Mohammad Obaidul Karim,

Beximco Group's co-founder and vice-chairman Salman F Rahman,

Nassa Group chairperson Nazrul Islam Mazumder,

Bashundhara Group founder Ahmed Akbar Sobhan.

https://www.daily-sun.com/post/763300

Just rereading this article again, I am struggling to get my head around it to be honest, it is quite incredible just how much corruption has been going from within the AL government for all the years that they have been in power!

Hasina should be dragged back and made to be accountable for what she has done to the people and country that she apparently loved so much!!!

WOW!!!!!!!

Pappi, the corruption here is on a different level, and if all written in this article is true, then we were always going to have an uphill struggle, and in truth would of probably never got the green light….

Let’s just hope that now all of this is coming out into the open, it will be a new beginning, and FINALLY Phulbari and open pit mining will now be looked at on a level playing field and more favourably!!

Electricity export agreement with Bangladesh paused due to political overhaul: Nepal PM Oli

https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/electricity-export-agreement-with-bangladesh-paused-due-to-political-overhaul-nepal-pm-oli20240822215146/

Experts believe that there’s now a chance to renegotiate this unfavorable agreement, which was made under the Speedy Power and Energy Supply (Special) Act 2010. By properly reviewing and revising the deal, they suggest that costs could be cut by at least 50%.

Https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/355760/is-it-time-to-renegotiate-the-adani-deal

Although I have only skim read this article, it does appear to me that with this and other articles that are now being written, the interim government are slowly coming to the realisation that they are going to have to use their own resources, ie Gas and Coal if they are going to get the country out of the financial mess that it finds it’s self in due to Hasina!

However, the cost burden must be reduced, and the new administration must increase the supply of gas and coal to address this issue,” he added.

https://businesspostbd.com/power-energy/interim-govt-inherits-legacy-of-scandal-unresolved-issues

I wonder if when they say “Domestic Resources “ they are talking about their own coal 🤷‍♂️🙏

According to a press release from the Public Relations Department of the Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Ministry, the current foreign debt for electricity and energy imports stands at approximately $2.2 billion. Therefore, the adviser has requested $1 billion in budget support from the World Bank for the power and energy sector.

At the meeting, the adviser said that the current interim government has assumed office with a strong mandate. On its first day in office, the government suspended all activities under the Quick Energy Supply Act.

https://www.risingbd.com/english/national/news/106475

Interim Government to publish White Paper on current economic situation

The areas which will be focused in the proposed white paper are: Public Finance Management—Domestic Resources, Public Expenditure (Public Investment, ADP, Subsidies and Debt), Financing of Budget Deficit, Inflation and Food Management—Production, Public Procurement and Public Food Distribution, External balance—Export, Import, Remittances, FDI, Foreign Exchange Reserves, Foreign Finance Flow and Debt, Energy and Power—Demand, Supply, Pricing, Costs and Purchase Agreements, Private Investment—Access to Credit, Electricity, Connectivity and Logistics, Employment—In-country and Overseas, Formal and Informal Wages, Youth Employment.

https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/economy/interim-government-to-publish-white-paper-on-current-economic-situation

Bangladesh faces $2.2bn foreign loan for power and energy imports

https://www.dhakatribune.com/amp/bangladesh/355609/bangladesh-faces-2.2bn-foreign-loan-for-power-and

Thanks doze, i did copy and paste KC link, and read the article but could not see any reference to Phulbari... Maybe i need to subscribe to the Telegraph to read more

Doze, what is the title in the hearder of the article please?

Chinese Ambassador meets BNP delegation; affirms commitment to supporting Bangladesh, its people

https://unb.com.bd/category/Politics/chinese-ambassador-meets-bnp-delegation-affirms-commitment-to-supporting-bangladesh-its-people/141275

BNP won’t offer any timeframe for holding election

https://en.prothomalo.com/amp/story/bangladesh/politics/pxjroq72ng