The recent Awami League government extended the life of expensive rental power plants to three times the recommended efficient operating life and paid them around Taka 33,000 crore between 2009 and 2023. Rented power plants, owned by private companies, were originally introduced as an emergency measure to deal with a […]
Dhaka: Software engineer Tawhidul Alam says the “historic August 5” is indelibly etched in his memory – the sea of people on the streets of Dhaka and a chain of events following unprecedented anti-government protests that set Bangladesh’s destiny on a new trajectory. The Dhaka resident recalled the chaos that reigned in Bangladesh’s capital that […]
A flyer lies on a table during the “Girlies Club,” a networking event that brings people looking for flatmates in London together in the style of a speed dating event, recently at a west London bar. “I’m a software engineer,” says Josephine Wright, cocktail in hand, as she introduces herself to another […]
Bangladesh has failed to restart one of its two floating storage and regasification plants, which was damaged by Cyclone Remal about two and a half months ago. Authorities cited bad weather and poor visibility as reasons for resuming FSRU operations and were forced to send back six cargoes of LNG […]
