Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB)

Govt aiming for record power generation this summer

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) has projected the highest electricity demand during the summer months would be 18,000 megawatts (MW), while the highest production target is 17,260MW.
5 February 2025, 18:23 PM

Don't push renewable energy transition into the distant future

Refrain from decisions that deter transition to renewable energy
24 January 2025, 16:00 PM

Power producers call for clearing dues citing forex losses

Private power producers have urged the Bangladesh Bank for a solution to recover losses stemming from delayed payments by the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB).
19 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Power supply from Adani plant resumes

Electricity supply from a unit of Adani power plant in Jharkhand has resumed today after 60 hours' disruption, according to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB)
1 July 2024, 05:35 AM

Power projects rarely completed on time

Most of the projects in the power sector are not completed on time, with some seeing as much as 300 percent cost overruns, said a recent report of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).
10 July 2023, 01:10 AM

Who really benefits from higher electricity prices?

Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies
21 January 2023, 21:00 PM

Class-III staff used SUV for a decade

He was a class-III employee of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB), but he used a SUV of his office for around 10 years which cost the government about Tk 1 crore. Although he went into retirement in September last year, he was using the vehicle until yesterday when a team of the Anti-Corruption
11 February 2019, 18:00 PM