Climate change impacts in Bangladesh
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
With the Himalayas to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, Bangladesh sits on one of the world’s largest and most densely populated deltas, where the Jamuna, Padma and Meghna rivers converge.
In the backdrop of scarcity of electricity one may think of daylight saving by advancing clock timing which is in practice in Europe and other countries. Bangladesh is a tropical country where difference of day and night time is not too wide. Sun shines 10 to 12 hours in daytime around the year. As such advancing the clock by an hour will not be useful for us.
What should have been done ages ago has been sent to different ministries for opinion. This is not the Friday/Sunday issue to be debated upon. If you want to save energy by closing down shops and businesses at 8 pm, then adopt the day light saving scheme to save further. Pushing the clock in summer by one hour, you actually save daylight.
The government is likely to allocate Tk 1,018 crore for Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry for exploration of gas and oil fields and development of existing gas distribution pipeline to provide better services to clients. It will be a component of the annual development programme (ADP) for next fiscal. The allocation will be Tk 228.97 crore higher than that of the ongoing ADP budget.
A TIMELY call by experts at a roundtable the other day for alternative energy sources, undoubtedly, remind the planners both in the public and private sectors of the urgency of expediting the adoption of renewable energy technologies for meeting the growing demands for electricity.
A syndicate is reportedly active in supplying adulterated fuel oils in different fuel sales points in the Khulna city and also many rural areas of the district. Members of the syndicate collect adulterated fuel oils from different parts of the country and supply them to their local customers, local sources said.
What should have been done ages ago has been sent to different ministries for opinion. This is not the Friday-Sunday issue to be debated upon. If you want to save energy by closing down shops and businesses at 8:00pm, then adopt the daylight saving scheme to save more. Pushing the clock in summer by one hour, you actually save daylight.
Faced with a deep energy crisis due to gas shortage that cannot be overcome overnight, the government considers importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), increasing efficiency of bulk gas users to reduce demands and setting standards to promote energy efficient electrical equipment, says Dr Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, energy adviser to the prime minister.
The government directed electricity generation and distribution companies to improve their quality of services to ease sufferings of people across the country due to non-stop electricity cut.
In the wake of acute power crisis, the government plans to shut down operation of Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Ltd (CUFL) for an interim period to help increase supply of power. Sources said the government is likely to take a decision soon in this regard and the shutdown may come into effect from next month.
Six international and local consortium and companies have submitted their papers yesterday for the pre-qualification bid for the 450 megawatt Bibiyana Power Project under the Power Cell of the Ministry of Power. This is the second time a bidding is being held for this project.