The gas crisis in Bangladesh is shifting to an alarming stage. Electricity load shedding is now a chronic malaise in the power system. The gas shortage has already caused shutting down of several industries, many CNG stations cannot operate most of the time of the day due to low pressure. Now even domestic consumers...
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When we were being silenced, he lent us his voice. When we found freedom, he came to us. A generation later I want to say thank you. Today Senator Edward Kennedy took a courageous stand against the excesses of...
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For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die. Like a childhood friend and mentor who has drifted apart but always held a special place in your heard, Senator Kennedy is being remembered in Bangladesh, and by...
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Dear Mrs. Zia: We hailed your kind gesture when you paid your respects to Dr. Wazed Miah by visiting Sheikh Hasina’s residence. Even though you enabled and encouraged the criminal acts of your sons, we could live with that. There are charges of corruption against yourself, and given what the other politicians do, we...
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Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh has grown into a busy city of near about 11 million people and the city covers almost 816 square kilometers. The city is one of cities of highest population growth in the world. Photo by Amdadul Huq, DRIK News Bangladesh capital Dhaka is fast turning into a dirty, filthy,...
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A trawler carrying sand down the River Turag hit the underwater gas pipe line of Titas Gas causing a huge fire in the river. For this reason many areas in Dhaka suffered from insufficient supply gas for some days. Image by Munir uz Zaman, DRIK News Our natural gas reserves in recent years was...
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Image courtesy Subir Bhowmik Our previous report on the damaging aspects of the Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Project and protests against it generated much reader response. This post has updates on the situation. Asadul Haque at Haque’s Talking describes how this has been a hot debate in Bangladesh recently: The Tipaimukh dam issue currently continues to...
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The Shikalbaha Power Plant was shut down on 17th July, just after 20 days it started generating electricity. The productivity of two barge-mounted plants of the three plants totaling 116 MW power generation has already expired. One of them went out of order earlier while the other can produce 10 MW at best depending...
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