In this issue

Dhaka city has consistently ranked as one of the most polluted cities of the world due to brick kilns, cars running on fuel containing higher sulfur, massive uncoordinated mega construction work, poor waste control, emission of natural gas through leakage of gas distribution lines, etc. A report of the Clean Air and Sustainable Environment (CASE) project of the Department of Environment (DoE) put the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Dhaka at 387 (out of 500 cities) on January 2018. Failure to put a check on thousands of heavily polluting brick kilns, completing mega infrastructure on time, containing dust plumes caused by haphazard construction – have all played their part in increasing health hazards for city residents, particularly elderly and the very young.

Activities of different agencies like DoE, Rajuk, Utility services, City Councils, ministries and departments, Law Enforcing agencies – all need to be properly coordinated. As Dhaka moves into the league of megacities with approximate population of more than 21 million residents, the need of the hour is to initiate a Metropolitan Governance System – examples of which are there in both developed and developing countries.

Energy & Power Magazine Description:

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