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Bangladesh resumes new gas connections to industries as output rises

May 4, 2012
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Bangladesh resumes new gas connections to industries as output rises

Bangladesh has started providing new gas connections to the industrial sector from this week after a lull of almost three years, Hussain Monsur, chairman of state-owned Petrobangla, told Platts Thursday. “We have started new gas connections to industries as the country’s overall gas output ramped up with the start of operations of a new Muchai…

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Bangladesh signs drill deal with Russia’s Gazprom

April 27, 2012
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Bangladesh signs drill deal with Russia’s Gazprom

Bangladesh’s Goverment-run Petrobangla has signed a deal with Russian energy giant Gazprom to drill 10 onshore wells. The $193 million deal was signed in Dhaka on Thursday amid hopes that Bangladesh will be able to add up to 300 million cubic feet of gas to the national grid per day. Gazprom would have to complete…

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Bangladesh approves allocation of $135 million from gas fund for projects

April 18, 2012
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Bangladesh approves allocation of $135 million from gas fund for projects

Bangladesh’s energy ministry has approved allocation of Taka 11 billion ($135 million) from the gas development fund for various development and exploration projects, a senior official said Tuesday. This the first time the ministry will be accessing the fund since it was set up following an order from the country’s energy regulator in August 2009.…

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Bangladesh says ConocoPhillips seeking more gas blocks

April 9, 2012
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Bangladesh says ConocoPhillips seeking more gas blocks

Bangladesh says U.S. energy firm ConocoPhillips (COP.N) is seeking to expand operations in the Bay of Bengal following a U.N. tribunal border ruling which cleared the way for more offshore oil and gas exploration in the region. A senior energy official said on Sunday the U.S. company sought exploration rights in six new deep-water gas…

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Bangladesh-China joint venture to explore gas-BAPEX

October 27, 2011
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Bangladesh-China joint venture to explore gas-BAPEX

Bangladesh’s state energy firm said it expected to enter a joint venture with Chinasoon to explore for gas in southeastern Chittagong, which could help ease acute gas shortages that have forced many Bangladeshi industries to shut or delay operations. The Energy Ministry has approved the joint venture between Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited…

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Coal-based Power Plants Planned in Bangladesh

October 13, 2011
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Coal-based Power Plants Planned in Bangladesh

The government has decided to go for construction of coal-based power plants from 2014 to phase out costly rental power projects with a view to reducing power generation cost and government subsidy in the sector. This was disclosed at a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on public undertakings held at Sangsad Bhaban yesterday with…

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Plastic bottles could clean arsenic-contaminated water

September 12, 2011
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Plastic bottles could clean arsenic-contaminated water

Chopped up plastic bottles covered in a common chemical may be a simple and inexpensive method for removing arsenic from drinking water. A team of chemists at Monmouth University, United States, found that bits of plastic coated with cysteine, a common molecule found in foods, bind to arsenic. “Laboratory experiments have shown that the method…

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Coal Resource of Bangladesh : Coal as alternative energy source !!

September 7, 2011
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Barapukuria Coal Mining

September 7, 2011
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Barapukuria Coal Mining

The Barapukuria coal deposit was discovered in 1985 when the geological Survey of Bangladesh drilled a wild-cat borehole to investigate a negative gravity anomaly in the area. Since that time, a total of 35 deep boreholes have been drilled, delimiting the area of coal resources and determining the structure, and the coal seam characteristics in…

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Talks to end Barapukuria stand-off begin

September 5, 2011
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The energy ministry is holding a meeting with the Barapukuria coal mine authorities and miners’ union leaders in the capital Monday to resolve the gridlock developed after the miners went on an indefinite strike. Around 1,200 contractual miners and staff of the Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) went on the strike on August 23…

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Gas supply from Semutang field likely to start !!

August 26, 2011
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Gas supply from Semutang field likely to start !!

CHITTAGONG, Source: Laying of Semutang pipeline is expected to be completed by September and supply from the gas field is likely to start from the first week of October this year. Adviser to the Prime Minister for Energy and Power Dr Taufiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said this after inspecting the under-construction gas pipe line and visiting the…

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Gas deal protest with general strike a fabolous political style-(RAJPATH er Andolon).

July 3, 2011
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Gas deal protest with general strike a fabolous political style-(RAJPATH er Andolon).

The political culture of Bangladesh is headed with Hartal –Strike ! It may be needed for exercise for better health of political field . specially to keep the might of highway !!(RAJPATH) A citizens’ group on Sunday enforced a six-hour general strike in Bangladesh’s capital, partially disrupting businesses and transportation, to demand that the government…

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“Develop network with peers in Bangladesh”-Ambassador Akramul Qader urges expatriate doctors.

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and State Minister Mr. Akramul Qader attended the annual conference of Bangladesh Medical Association of North America, Louisiana chapter in Orleans, Louisiana and addressed a…

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Bangladesh opposes proposed dams in Meghalaya: Minister

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Meghalaya has made it clear that the dams which are to be built across the Myntdu and Umiew rivers would not have any negative impact…

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