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Energy & Power Magazine - EP_23_07 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 7 September 16, 2025)

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In this issue

Electricity is no longer a luxury in rural Bangladesh. It lights up homes after sunset, powers irrigation pumps, and keeps small businesses alive. For millions of families, it means children can study at night and farmers can run their machines. Yet this lifeline is now caught in a damaging power struggle between the Rural Electrification Board (REB) and the Palli Bidyut Samities (PBSs). What began as disputes over rank parity, procurement, and governance has spiraled into strikes, dismissals, and sedition charges. In the process, ordinary villagers—the very people this system was built to serve—are left anxious about whether their lights will stay on. Mothers worry about losing refrigeration for food, students about studying in the dark, and shopkeepers about keeping their businesses open. PBS employees feel sidelined and unfairly treated, while REB insists it has followed due process. But finger-pointing cannot deliver electricity. Rural Bangladesh deserves better than being held hostage to bureaucratic rivalries and political indecision. The solution must start with empathy and fairness: dropped cases, reinstated staff, and genuine dialogue to restore trust. The contentious merger debate can wait. For now, the priority is ensuring uninterrupted service and treating frontline workers with dignity. Rural electrification has been one of Bangladesh’s proudest development stories. Allowing it to falter because of institutional ego would be a betrayal of the people who rely on it most. It is time for leaders to step up—before darkness returns to the villages.

Crisis Looms Over Rural Power Supply

The conflict between the Rural Electrification Board (REB) and Palli Bidyut Samities (PBSs) stems from disputes over procurement, rank parity, transfers, and governance.

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Can The Asia-Pacific Region Deliver Clean, Affordable Energy By 2030?

The future of the global energy landscape will be shaped by Asia and the Pacific. Over the past two decades, our region has been the principal driver of global energy demand and emissions. Energy has powered prosperity, lifted millions out of poverty, and transformed societies. This progress, however, has come at a cost: widening inequalities, entrenched fossil fuel dependencies, and increasing climate vulnerability – which make achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate objectives challenging.

3 mins

Powering The Transition: EU-27 Battery Storage Investment And The Global Implications

Battery energy storage has rapidly emerged as a central component of Europe's clean energy transition.

6 mins

MJL Bangladesh PLC's Sustainability Journey Towards 2050

In the age of climate urgency, where sustainability has moved from the boardroom periphery to the very heart of corporate strategy, MJL Bangladesh PLC has emerged as one of the most compelling examples of how an energy sector leader can align profitability with purpose. The publication of its Sustainability Report 2024 marks not just another annual disclosure, but a comprehensive declaration of its intent to transform Bangladesh's downstream energy sector into a greener, safer, and more inclusive industry.

6 mins

What Is COP30 And Why Does It Matter For The Climate?

COP30, the UN’s climate change conference, is taking place this November in Brazil. It comes as the world faces the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change and amid intense geopolitical turmoil.

7 mins

Rooppur NPP Likely To Be Highly Derated

Rooppur nuclear power plant is a prestigious project of Bangladesh, which has become a member of the elite club of nuclear electricity producers.

3 mins

Bangladesh Moving Firmly Towards Clean Transportation: Fouzul Kabir

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan recently said Bangladesh is moving firmly towards clean transportation.

1 mins

Bangladesh's LPG Policy At A Crossroads

Bangladesh's reliance on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has grown rapidly in recent years as natural gas shortages intensify. Yet the policies guiding this sector remain fragmented and often misaligned with market realities. While the government is preparing a consolidated LPG policy to provide clarity, industry insiders stress that private operators, responsible for nearly 99% of supply, must play a central role in shaping it. From infrastructure gaps to safety lapses, the LPG industry faces mounting challenges that demand urgent policy attention and regulatory reforms.

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YUNUS NEEDS HELP TO OVERCOME ALL CAVEATS IN HOLDING FEBRUARY POLLS

February is the deadline set by the interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus for holding parliamentary elections and handing over power to the elected people's representatives. Yunus has promised to make next year's vote free, fair, and festive. Since the election roadmap was announced, the Nobel laureate has emphasized the importance of fulfilling his commitment to holding one of the country’s freest and fairest votes, to be remembered forever. His press wing has reiterated that no power in Bangladesh can break the interim government's vow to hold the balloting as per the schedule. Instructions have already been given to the Election Commission to prepare for holding the vote, which, if held, will be the second such exercise in less than two years. As we all know, the vote has to be held as the president dissolved the 13th parliament shortly after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League-led government in the wake of the mass protests in August last year.

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Energy & Power Magazine Description:

Publisher: Energy-&-Power

Category: Business

Language: English

Frequency: Fortnightly

Energy & Power (EP) is the first and only full-fledged fortnightly magazine that deals with the much cried over energy and power sector in Bangladesh. Since its inception in June 16, 2003, EP is working very hard to

a) Develop public consciousness on sustainable and even development of energy sector;

b) Assist the policy makers in assuming pragmatic policies for a balanced development of the energy sector;

c) Continuous supply of information among public; and

d) Develop a group of reporters in this field

Bangladesh is an energy deficit country like other countries in the region and most of the people do not have adequate access to the energy and power. The country is completely dependent on fossil energy source; at the same time, it is one of the most inefficient energy using countries in the world.

It lacks efficiency in planning, management, generation, distribution, load management and even at the end user level consumption.

In spite of the above drawbacks, issues relating to utilization of renewable energy, exploring alternative use of energy, planned use of environment friendly energy are significantly undermined in Bangladesh.

The biggest challenge of Bangladesh is to find a path for balanced growth of its energy sector. Despite its resource constraints, EP dynamically strives to provide theenergy sector with a flow of information and create public awareness; so that policymakers get guidelines and platforms for its sustainable development.

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EP believes that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of a journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues and professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist's credibility. We strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty.

The EP editorial policy is to share a dedication to ethical behavior and uphold the zero conflict of interest principles and highest standards of practice.

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o Seeking truth and reporting the same

o Minimize harm