technical glitch in dhaka Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) and Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO) supply electricity in the capital city of Dhaka. Statistics of both these organizations say that the demand for electricity has increased more than normal. Supply is available on demand. Power transmission lines have not been upgraded according to power…
Those arrested were identified as Rabbi Islam alias Ghulam Rabbi, 24, of Pirojpur district; Abdul Karim, 27, Kartik Sheel, 25, and Badshah Shaikh, 23, of Rampal Upazila. On January 14, the ‘bomb calorimeter’ machine was stolen from Rampal Power Plant. A case was registered in this regard on January 16 at Rampal police station.
A 47 lakh taka bomb calorimeter used to measure the calorific value of coal has been stolen from the highly secured lab of Rampal Power Plant. The US-made equipment was stolen on January 15, just 27 days after it began commercial production, a day after the plant stopped power generation due to a coal shortage.…
National committee for safeguarding oil and gas is a citizen’s committee formed by some prominent personalities in Bangladesh. This committee believes that natural resources of Bangladesh should be explored by the local companies. If there are some technical limitations, the local companies should take foreign help. But if the foreign companies get the full contract,…
When Sundarban is contesting for natural seven wonders, Prajatan (Tourism) Corporation is running its campaign for Sundarban; the government the planning to establish a thermal power plant in Rampal near Sundarban, along with a shipyard and a godown. Environmental activists saying this 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant would have serious adverse effect on the world’s…