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Energy & Power Magazine - EP_23_08 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 8 October 1, 2025)

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In this issue

Step outside in Dhaka today, and the city feels less like a home and more like an oven. What was once dismissed as “just the weather” is now an economic and social crisis. A new World Bank report puts a number on the damage: Bangladesh loses about Tk 2.1 trillion every year to rising heat, with 250 million workdays gone in 2024 alone. Behind those figures are workers too sick to show up and families struggling with medical bills. This isn’t just about global climate change; it’s about how we build and govern our cities. Unplanned construction, disappearing wetlands, and air thick with pollution are turning Dhaka into a heat chamber. Buildings designed like sealed boxes trap heat inside, forcing residents to use more air conditioners, which only adds to the problem by raising energy demand and carbon emissions. What makes this worse is that Bangladesh has the policies and commitments on paper. It has even been praised internationally for climate action. But implementation is weak, and political will is lacking. The solutions are clear: cleaner fuels, better waste management, protecting green spaces, and enforcing urban planning laws. What’s missing is urgency. As elections approach, citizens must demand that leaders take heat and air pollution seriously. Dhaka’s temperature has risen sharply, worsened by vanishing wetlands and reckless development. Experts warn that weak governance and a lack of enforcement of environmental policies are deepening the crisis. Without urgent action, heat stress and air pollution will severely hinder Bangladesh’s progress.

Heat Stress Hurts Economy

Bangladesh is facing mounting economic and health risks from rising temperatures, driven by unplanned urbanization and pollution.

9 mins

Bhola Gas May Give Partial Relief To Chronic Gas Crisis

The government should immediately move to develop Bhola's gas prospects through a professional reserve assessment. If an international tender for constructing a 24-inch cross-country pipeline on an EPC basis is floated by June 2026, Bhola gas could begin supplying the Barishal and Khulna regions by 2030.

4 mins

Recent USA Tax Base, EU Renewable Competitiveness, And Developing Nations Converge On The Road To COP30

The global clean energy transition is unfolding at a breathtaking pace, shaped by technological breakthroughs, shifting investment landscapes, and ambitious climate policies.

4 mins

Can Bangladesh Meet Its Renewable Goals?

After almost 17 years, Bangladesh has unveiled a revised version of its Renewable Energy Policy that aims to ensure that at least 20 percent of the country's total electricity supply comes from renewable energy by 2030 and at least 30 percent by 2040.

4 mins

Can COP30 Avoid The Brutality Of Inaction?

The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is fast approaching. Preparations are underway by the incoming COP30 Presidency of Brazil, which has been issuing a series of letters aimed at encouraging all stakeholders, including UNFCCC parties, to effectively implement the Paris Agreement (PA). In one such letter, the Presidency expressed hope to avoid the “brutality of inaction” that has characterized many past COPs. Following the subsidiary bodies’ meetings in Bonn last June (SB62), the UNFCCC also held several online consultations with parties and stakeholders, alongside other mandated events in the run-up to COP30, which takes place in just seven weeks.

2 mins

French-German Duo Wins Mega Offshore Wind Energy Project

French energy multinational TotalEnergies and German energy group RWE have won a contract to build a large offshore wind energy project with a potential to supply the equivalent of one million households with electricity, the French government said recently.

1 mins

BYD Unveils 14.5 MWh Storage System

China's EV giant has unveiled the 14.5 MWh DC \"Haohan\" single-unit DC block with record-breaking capacity to challenge next-generation energy storage market.

1 mins

RE is Key to Reducing Import Dependency: Speakers

Speakers at a recent seminar stressed that renewable energy is the only sustainable way to reduce the country's heavy reliance on imports.

1 mins

Buildings Across Bangladesh Turn Into Heat Boxes

Although global warming is a factor behind the continuous rise in temperature in Bangladesh, the domestic causes are far greater. For more than four decades, unplanned urbanization has continued in Dhaka and across the country.

5 mins

WITH POLLS NOT FAR OFF, CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUND

Once again, conspiracy theories are thriving in Bangladesh. It has spiraled since the chief adviser's firm announcement that the next national election will be held by the first half of February next year. No force on earth can compel the interim government to change its election resolve, vow several government leaders. Yet again, another set of government leaders warns against any plot to foil the election plan. The main political stakeholders of the election are also issuing warnings against anti-election conspiracies being hatched by forces at home and abroad.

2 mins

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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.

Code of Ethics

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.

EP believes in

o Seeking truth and reporting the same

o Minimize harm