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Bangladesh’s Power Sector: Capacity, Crisis and a Renewable Future

May 7, 2026May 8, 2026 editor No Comments

Power Generation Structure: Figures and Reality The electricity sector in Bangladesh is currently at a crucial juncture of capacity expansion, fuel diversification, and a transition to renewable energy. According to the government agency, the Bangladesh Power Development Board, there are approximately 136 grid-based power plants in the country. However, the total number of plants, including…

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Pre-Monsoon Flooding and Riverine Stress

May 7, 2026May 7, 2026 editor No Comments

The simultaneous breach of danger levels across four major rivers in northeastern Bangladesh coupled with 72-hour flood warnings for Sunamganj, Habiganj, and Sylhet is not an isolated meteorological event. It is the latest expression of a deepening structural vulnerability in one of Bangladesh’s most ecologically sensitive and agriculturally critical regions, and it demands a policy…

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The Integration of Wind Power in Bangladesh: Potential, Challenges and Essential Reforms

May 2, 2026May 8, 2026 editor No Comments

Bangladesh’s inauguration of the 60 MW Cox’s Bazar wind installation in March 2024 represents a strategically significant, if symbolically modest, step toward energy diversification. Yet a critical analysis of available evidence reveals that wind power remains structurally peripheral to the national energy matrix, a condition attributable less to resource limitations than to entrenched governance failures….

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