Shazzad Hossen

Shazzad Hossen is a Senior Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard. He has been in journalism since 2010 and worked for several national newspapers. He is covering the power and energy sector for TBS. He also writes about ready-made garments sector, a prime export product of Bangladesh. 
He could be reached at sajjadh079@gmail.com.

Representational Image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Mobile, internet subscribers dip for 3rd straight month amid SIM verification drive

File photo of PetroBangla. Photo: Wikipedia
Economy

Petrobangla spends $3.27b in 7 months to meet LNG, foreign payment obligations

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Adani Green Energy logo are seen in this illustration taken, on 9 December 2022. Photo: Reuters
Energy

Adani continues supplying power as BPDB clears $30m dues

Electric power transmission pylon miniatures and Adani Green Energy logo are seen in this illustration taken, on 9 December 2022. Photo: Reuters
Energy

How vulnerable is Bangladesh to Adani's power cut threat?

TBS Illustration
Bangladesh

As talks collapse, BPDB now set to face Adani in int'l arbitration

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker. File photo
Energy

Bangladesh’s LNG imports surge as local gas fields run dry

File photo of PetroBangla. Photo: Wikipedia
Energy

Third floating LNG terminal likely via G2G deal, sidelining open bid

Illustration: TBS
Energy

Solar tariff: Open bidding slashes rates of new projects by over a third

Governments often rely on foreign loans. Russia’s loans covered 90% of the Rooppur Nuclear Power plant project's cost. Photo: Collected
Energy

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant set for December trial run

TBS Illustration
Energy

BPDB sits on power producers’ bills, yet imposes supply shortfall penalties

Photo: Collected
Energy

Petrobangla scraps Summit LNG supply deal a year after FSRU project cancellation

RPCL-Norinco International Power Limited (RNPL) in Patuakhali. Photo: Collected
Energy

Power Division orders RNPL to cancel coal supply tender for Pathuakhali power plant over irregularities

A file photo of Matarbari coal-based thermal power plant in Cox's Bazar. Photo: TBS
Energy

Imported coal for Matarbari plant had stones – some weighing 30kg, probe finds