Highlights To add 4,365 MW of coal-fired capacity in coming months Share of coal in electricity to double to 17%, thermal imports jump Gas supply may be diverted to industrial Continue Reading
Scientists say that climate change was likely to have made the rains that unleashed catastrophic flooding across Bangladesh worse. While South Asia’s monsoon rains follow natural atmospheric patterns, the rains Continue Reading
Floods in South Asia wreaking havoc Monday hindered authorities’ efforts to deliver food and drinking water to shelters across Assam in northeastern India and north and northeastern regions of Bangladesh. Continue Reading
Monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in northeastern Bangladesh and India, stranding nearly 6 million people, authorities said on Saturday, warning the situation could worsen. The flooding in Bangladesh, described by Continue Reading
Days of flooding and landslides in parts of Bangladesh and eastern India, have affected millions of people and left more than 50 people dead. Bangladesh’s north-east region has seen some Continue Reading
The effects of global warming, particularly increased cyclones, coastal and tidal flooding that bring saltwater further inland, are devastating Bangladesh and destroying the livelihoods of millions, said Mohammad Shamsuddoha, chief Continue Reading
Some 4,000km from Japan, on a verdant, mangrove-lined island in south-eastern Bangladesh, sits one of the biggest and most controversial tests of Tokyo’s commitment to help phase out fossil fuels. Continue Reading
A Chinese-backed coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh that’s been the site of deadly crackdowns on protests has now been accused of failing to ensure proper environmental inspections. The Environmental Impact Assessment Continue Reading
A landfill in Bangladesh is leaking huge quantities of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, according to the emissions-tracking company GHGSat Inc. An April 17 observation from the company’s Hugo Continue Reading
Methane concentrations in the country likely originate from many sources including paddy fields, landfills, leaky natural gas pipelines and coal stockpiles. One of the countries most vulnerable to climate change Continue Reading
Torrential rains have submerged at least a quarter of Bangladesh, washing away the few things that count as assets for some of the world’s poorest people — their goats and Continue Reading
Heavy flooding is worsening in parts of Bangladesh, with over 1 million villagers marooned or leaving their homes for higher ground along with their cattle and other belongings, officials and Continue Reading
Millions of people across Bangladesh and eastern India are taking stock of the devastation left by Cyclone Amphan. A massive clean-up operation has begun after the storm left 84 dead and Continue Reading
More than 500 garment factories in Bangladesh that supply to global brands reopened on Monday after a month-long shutdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, while in India calls Continue Reading
Sea levels could rise by 140 centimeters in Bangladesh by 2100 Bangladesh and parts of India could be hit by sea-level rise almost twice as high as previously thought due Continue Reading
Bangladesh expects to import first 0.05% sulfur gasoil through pipeline from neighboring India by the end of 2019 under an agreement to import a total 5 million of the fuel Continue Reading
U.S. oil and gas company Chevron Corp said on Monday it has agreed to sell its three gas producing fields in Bangladesh to Chinese firm Himalaya Energy, as part of Continue Reading
A loan totaling more than $150 million will help Bangladesh address the mounting energy challenges in its expanding economy, the Asian Development Bank said. The ADB said it approved a Continue Reading
US oil and gas giant Chevron has started production from two new onshore wells in the Jalalabad gas field, northeastern Bangladesh, with output of around 90,000 Mcf/day, a senior Petrobangla Continue Reading
When a powerful storm destroyed her riverside home in 2009, Jahanara Khatun lost more than the modest roof over her head. In the aftermath, her husband died and she became so destitute that she sold her son and daughter into bonded servitude. And she may lose yet more. Ms. Khatun now lives in a bamboo shack that sits below sea level about 50 yards from a sagging berm. She spends her days collecting cow dung for fuel and struggling to grow vegetables in soil poisoned by salt water. Climate scientists predict that this area will be inundated as sea levels rise and storm surges increase, and a cyclone or another disaster could […]
