CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -DHAKA, BANGLADESH (31 July 2020)-The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $200 million financing package with Reliance Bangladesh LNG and Power Limited (RBLPL) to build and operate a 718-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle gas-fired power plant in Bangladesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates 1, 320 MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant in southern Patuakhali district. Bangladesh on Monday formally inaugurated its largest thermal power plant with an ambitious and challenging target of delivering the power supply to every household nationwide.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meghnaghat Power Company limited was rebranded on 16 February 2004 as the Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh. The majority of the shares of the company are held by Bangladesh Power Development Board.

Detailed explanation-4: -The utility electricity sector in Bangladesh has one national grid with an installed capacity of 25, 700 MW as of June 2022. Bangladesh’s energy sector is not up to the mark. However, per capita energy consumption in Bangladesh is considered higher than the production.

Detailed explanation-5: -The country’s first wind base power plant has installed at Matamuhury under Feni district having capacity of each unit 225 kW.