Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Activists of Pragatishil Chhatra Jote, an alliance of Left-leaning student organisations in Bangladesh, on Tuesday blocked Dhaka roads to protest against a $1.5 billion power plant near Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest which straddles both Bangladesh and India. The agitating students blocked Dhaka's Shahbagh intersection, one of the major …
The planet’s largest mangrove forest could be facing serious trouble in the form of two new coal-fired power plants, environmentalists say — and they’re urging the United Nations to draw greater attention to the issue. A handful of environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and 350.org, …
The Rampal Power Plant is a proposed 1,320-megawatt imported coal-fired power plant promoted by the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL), a joint venture of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and India’s largest power producer, NTPC Limited. The project is being designed around outdated supercritical technology and is being …
India's state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd or BHEL has won a deal to build the much-debated Rampal coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. BHEL has turned out as the lowest bidder for the 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant, said Anwarul Azim, the spokesman for the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd (BIFPCL), a …
A government minister asserted that the 1320-megawatt Rampal coal-fired power plant would be commissioned by 2019 although fierce critics on a site visit with him pleaded for halt to make credible environmental impact assessment of the project. State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul …
DHAKA : The National Committee for Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resource, Power and Ports (Oil-Gas Committee) on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to jointly announce the termination of Rampal power plant, reports UNB. The national committee came up with the call at …
A South Asian rights group today called upon Bangladesh government to halt Rampal power plant construction in the Sundarbans until cleared by environmentalists. Fearing adverse impact on the largest mangrove forest in the world, South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), made the call today in a press conference at Dhaka. …
The government will assess impact of the proposed 1320MW coal-fired power plant on the Sundarbans after the World Heritage Centre, Paris and local environmentalists have expressed concern over setting up power plant near the world’s largest mangrove forest. The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has formed a 14-member high-powered …
The proposed 1320MW Rampal coal-fired power plant needs an independent body of environmental experts to monitor its ecological compliances required to meet as per the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, reports UNB. The Department of Environment (DoE) set the condition for the project while approving the EIA, according to official …
A state run Chinese electric power engineering company has offered to build two high-voltage power transmission lines from the under construction Rampal power plant, officials said. The East China Electric Power Design Institute, a leading global electric power company, offered to build the two transmission lines at a cost of …
The National Committee on Thursday rejected prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s claim that the Rampal coal-based thermal power plant would not harm the environment. The prime minister on Wednesday told parliament that Rampal thermal power plant would not damage the environment as Barapukuria coal-based thermal power plant set up many years …
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, told parliament on Wednesday that Rampal power plant near the Sundarban would have no negative impact on the environment as claimed by a section of environmentalist groups in Bangladesh. ‘Inshallah, there will be no damage to the environment,’ she said during the question-answer session of …
National Citizen Society (NCS) at a discussion yesterday demanded cancellation of the proposed power plant project at Rampal near the Sundarbans. The Sundarbans will eventually be destroyed if the proposed coal-fired thermal power plant is constructed in its proximity, said Nasir Uddin Munshi, chairman of NCS. The discussion was held …
Leaders of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports have said they will put up ‘mass resistance’ to the implementation of Rampal Thermal Power Plant Project in Bagerhat. The national committee on Wednesday staged demonstrations across the country in protest at the implementation of the power …
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) strongly criticised Thursday the government move for setting up the Rampal power plant project near the Sundarban mangrove forest and urged the authorities concerned to shift it to another suitable place. "The implementation of the coal-based project is giving a 'wrong signal' to the international …
A public interest litigation writ petition was filed before the High Court on Sunday seeking stay on the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal near Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, until assessment of the environmental impact of the project,. The petitioners, four lawyers of the Supreme Court, also sought …
Several thousand left-leaning activists who joined the Dhaka-Sundarbans long march on Thursday demanded the government should not to go ahead to set up the planned 1,320MW coal-fired power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat near the Sundarbans. Hundreds of people joined the Dhaka-Sundarbans long march raising their voice for cancellation of …
Construction of a proposed 1,320 megawatt (mw) coal-fired thermal power plant at Rampal, near the Sundarbans, will threaten the biggest mangrove forests of the world and home of the endangered Royal Bengal Tigers, said the TIME magazine on Thursday. Smoke-belching behemoth near the Sundarbans National Park of Bangladesh will also …
Sustainable power supply is a major precondition for the socio-economic development of Bangladesh. The Government has given top priority to the development of power sector considering its importance in overall development of the country. To this end, the government has set the goal of providing electricity to all citizens by …
