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Ouch!! After reading Tiggys post, it will be interesting to see just how they manage to settle these accounts!

All-out efforts on to clear $700m unpaid energy import bills

https://biz.crast.net/all-out-efforts-on-to-clear-700m-unpaid-energy-import-bills/

Coal coming to feed hungry power plants

https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/energy/coal-coming-feed-hungry-power-plants-647422?amp

This is actually a really good read, and explains just how much coal Bangladesh need to import on a daily bases…… With the financial situation the country is in as well, this surely is not sustainable!!!

Jamaat wants to sit for dialogue on caretaker govt after a decade

https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=423283

As if it was not her that caused the problem in the first place!!

Govt meets recent challenges squarely

https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/govt-meets-recent-challenges-squarely-113901

No election can be held without caretaker government, Jamaat’s Taher says

https://bdnews24.com/amp/story/politics%2Fq8wveazub4

Planning minister: Ships carrying coal for power plants on the way

https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2023/06/10/planning-minister-ships-carrying-coal-for-power-plants-on-the-way

All the coal problems and country's finances to be sorted within two weeks then ….. Of course it will be … hahahahhaha..

Huge Omani coal imports for Payra plant not true

https://www.tbsnews.net/features/fact-check/news-77-ships-coal-leaving-oman-bangladesh-only-rumour-ministry-offical-tells?amp

Found the social media part of the article quite funny … lol

Banshkhali power plant runs out of coal during experimental production

The 1,320 MW SS Power Plant, owned by S Alam Group and located at Banshkhali in Chattogram, has stopped production due to a lack of coal, two weeks after starting electricity generation on a trial basis.

https://bdnews24.com/amp/story/business%2Fic8jnbgrwa

I agree with what others have already said, this RNS would have had to of been issued due to the recent increase in share price, but it has to be said the terminology they use is certainly very interesting!

All pipe dreams obviously, but the most interesting bit, is their projection that 4 or 5 fossil fuel pp will come to the end of their working life this year.

The IEPMP serves Japan’s interest over Bangladesh

https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/the-iepmp-serves-japans-interest-over-bangladesh-3341171?amp

I was just thinking the same Dave, but with the situation in the country at the moment it does feel slightly different this time around .... fingers crossed mate

Pressure building for Hasina as the people take to the streets protesting .....

Police bar BNP procession against power cuts at Dhaka’s Arambagh

https://www.newagebd.net/article/203695/police-bar-bnp-procession-against-power-cuts-at-dhakas-arambagh

Bangladesh's worst electricity crisis in a decade

https://www.reuters.com/article/bangladesh-power-crisis/graphic-bangladeshs-worst-electricity-crisis-in-a-decade-idUSL4N37Y2AX

Bangladesh forced to shut biggest coal units in heatwave due to lack of coal

The China-funded “ultra-supercritical” 1.32GW Payra Power Plant was only inaugurated in March of 2022, as part of Bangladesh’s goal of achieving full electricity coverage.

Just over a year later, however, and Reuters reported on Monday that the country has been forced to close both units due to a coal shortage.

The situation in Bangladesh demonstrates the increasing volatility in the global fossil fuel sector, especially for countries without their own supply of coal

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis last year warned that Bangladesh’s long-term plan to become increasingly reliant on imported coal as well as imported gas has been exposed as a major energy security risk

https://reneweconomy.com.au/bangladesh-forced-to-shut-biggest-coal-units-in-heatwave-due-to-lack-of-coal/

If you want a laugh you should read the whole article!!

Two more weeks of power crisis and everything will be normal’, junior power minister tells MPs

https://bdnews24.com/amp/story/economy%2Fpge33646kv

Well the facts are that …..

The country can’t afford to continue importing!

Suppliers will no longer import more coal without bing paid!

The press is now full of articles writing about their concerns!

The public are now starting to protest in the streets!

Businesses can no longer continue to run without more electricity!

Hasina really has backed herself into a corner… is she going to make the decision that she should of made a long time ago that would have saved the country from being in the situation it’s in now, or is she just going to carry on as she has and hope and pray that some miracle turns up and that she wins the next election…

There are a lot more people of influence that are shouting for the use of their own coal and the up and coming budgets total focus is on energy ….

Fingers crossed that she is finally going to do the right thing !!!

Grimmer power crisis looms large

https://www.newagebd.net/article/203589/grimmer-power-crisis-looms-large

Why waste so much money in the name of capacity charge?

https://www.thedailystar.net/views/editorial/news/why-waste-so-much-money-the-name-capacity-charge-3042441?amp

Yes, you’re right Teddy, I think the interesting thing this time around and the thing imo that will see if any progress has been made is who’s involved in the fund raise ….

I’m guessing that we won’t have long to wait now before we find out!

Frequent power cuts are making it hard to study

The current dollar crisis has led to a crunch in coal reserves, causing the country’s largest power plant to shut down on Monday. Recently, after the electricity went out for eight hours on the campus of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, students took to the streets demanding uninterrupted power supply.

https://bdnews24.com/amp/story/hello%2Fnews%2F52iuatorsk