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Power, energy sector mired in subsidies and import dependence: national consensus urged to avert deeper crisis

Bangladesh’s power and energy sector is caught in a vicious cycle of high-cost generation, heavy import dependence, rising subsidies and entrenched governance failures, prompting...

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Gas shortage could trigger major crisis in Bangladesh, warns academic

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Bangladesh risks sliding into a major economic and social crisis if its worsening gas shortage is not addressed urgently, a leading academic has warned, as...

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Power, energy sector mired in subsidies and import dependence: national consensus urged to avert deeper crisis

Bangladesh’s power and energy sector is caught in a vicious cycle of high-cost generation, heavy import dependence, rising subsidies and entrenched governance failures, prompting...

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Energy

Power, energy sector mired in subsidies and import dependence: national consensus urged to avert deeper crisis

February 3, 2026

Gas shortage could trigger major crisis in Bangladesh, warns academic

February 2, 2026

LPG prices rise again in Bangladesh amid supply shortage

February 2, 2026

Telecom & ICT

Grameenphone awarded Bangladesh’s first 700 MHz spectrum licence

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National security adviser meets key US officials

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National Security Adviser Dr Khalilur Rahman met with Allison Hooker, Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs and Paul Kapur, Assistant Secretary of State at...