Energy crisis in Bangladesh

Energy crisis in Bangladesh is so critical now that the government has tocompromise with its policies despite widespread criticism. The governmentis desperate to improve electricity situation by adding more megawatts tothe existing generation capacity through quick rental power deals. The gassupply situation too is not encouraging. The gas-electricity twin crisis hasemerged as a national crisis. In the recently announced national budget, thegovernment has attached utmost priority to resolving the crisis. Buteverything depends on smooth implementation of the plans sinceimplementation has been a chronic problem in Bangladesh.We are pleased to announce that Energy & Power magazine steps into itseighth year of publication. This was a long journey with quite a lot of obstacles in every step. But continued support from our readers helped usovercome the impediments. We convey our heartiest congratulations to allour readers, contributors, patrons, advertisers and well-wishers on ourseventh anniversary of publication. We believe the sincere cooperation wegot from our readers will continue to encourage us to contribute to the energy sector of Bangladesh as well as South Asia.