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  General Electric says blade problem affects more gas turbines

  Reuters | Updated at 12:00am on September 23, 2018

  General Electric Co said on Friday that turbine blade oxidation which forced Exelon Corp to idle four electric power units in Texas also affects another...

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  Bangladesh needs to focus on food security, renewable energy

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:06pm on September 08, 2018

  Jomo Kwame Sundaram, a member of Malaysian Council of Eminent Persons, also a leading economist, on Saturday said that countries like Bangladesh should pay more...

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  Muhith tags tax waiver to gas price rationalisation

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 10:45pm on July 25, 2018

  Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has tagged the tax exemption on import of liquefied natural gas and its local supply with the downward rationalisation...

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  Power div seeks tax exemption for import of solar panels, cells

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:11pm on July 24, 2018

  The Power Division has sought exemption from paying value-added tax and other taxes on imports of solar panels and cells to boost production and use...

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  Criminal cases to be filed against culprits for coal shortage: minister

  United News of Bangladesh | Updated at 08:18pm on July 23, 2018

  State minister for power and energy Nasrul Hamid said on Monday that the ministry will file criminal cases against the guilty persons after receiving report...

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  PM orders finding out culprits

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:10am on July 24, 2018

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday ordered bringing to book as quickly as possible the people responsible for the disappearance of 1,48,000 tonnes of coal...

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  Coal crisis may shut Barapukuria power plant anytime

  Our Correspondent . Dinajpur | Updated at 12:05am on July 23, 2018

  Authorities may shut the 525MW Barapukuria coal-fired power plant anytime for coal shortage amid strong allegation that nearly 1.42 lakh tonne coals had disappeared from...

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  Nothing to be worried about nuclear power plant security, says PM   

  United News of Bangladesh . Rooppur | Updated at 12:05am on July 15, 2018

  Taking a swipe at those creating unnecessary tension about the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that there is nothing...

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  Summit, GE, Mitsubishi unveil $3b energy investment in Bangladesh

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:20am on July 12, 2018

  Bangladesh-based independent power producer Summit Corporation Limited along with Mitsubishi Corporation and General Electric Company on Wednesday announced a $3 billion foreign direct investment for...

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  Govt to import 250MW more electricity from India

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on July 12, 2018

  The cabinet committee on national purchases in a meeting on Wednesday approved procurement of 250 megawatts electricity from Sembcorp Energy India Limited....