Beximco Group to construct power plants

Country's largest company Beximco Group signed a treaty with China Energy Engineering Corporation on developing several energy projects. China Energy Engineering Corporation is a Fortune 500 Company and currently one of the biggest power solution supplier companies in China and in the world.

CEO of Beximco Power Company Ltd, Ajmal Kabir, signed the agreement at Beximco Group’s head office. President Fu Hongwei signed the agreement on China Energy Engineering Corporation's behalf. Beximco Group’s chairman Sohail F Rahman, its vice chairman Salman F Rahman, director Shayan F Rahman and Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ma Mingqiang were present at the occasion. After signing the agreement, vice chairman of Beximco Group, Salman F Rahman said that it was a significant day for the company. He said the projects will have significant contribution in the energy sector of Bangladesh. Salman F Rahman is one of the top businessmen in Bangladesh and has always looked for new and challenging ventures. Signing agreements with China Energy Engineering Corporation of four energy projects is another feather to his list of contribution to Bangladesh's economy.

Beximco Group plans to work on four major projects in Bangladesh with China Energy Engineering Corporation. Among these four, one is an 8 MW capacity solar power plant to be developed at the Beximco Industrial Park premises, one is a 660 MW coal fired power plant, and one is a 200 MW solar power plant in Gaibandha. The fourth one is on setting up a large nationwide distribution system. All projects will be developed with state of the art technology.

Beximco Group was founded in the early 1970’s by Sohail F Rahman and Salman F Rahman. The company has strong presence in both domestic and international markets.

Source: http://bangladesh-corporate-world.blogspot.in/2016/07/beximco-group-to-constract-power-plants.html

RealVU offers Electronic Program Guide services

DHAKA: RealVU, the first “Direct-to-Home” (DTH) service provider in Bangladesh, has launched electronic program guide (EPG) in partnership with Gracenote.

RealVU EPG provides a preview of ‘Program Information’ of seven days, so that the subscriber can choose comfortably and plan what to watch next, said a press release.

The technology will provide subscribers the flexibility to choose their favorite TV program at the press of a button.

CEO of RealVU Dmitry Lapitskiy said, “EPG inclusion will give our subscribers the convenience to choose their favorite programs. As customer care is our utmost priority we are very happy to have this service”.

There is another special functionality of RealVU set-top-box (STB), called personal Video Recorder (PVR) that help  the subscribers to record any TV shows, movie or any other TV program in an external USB storage.

To protect any kind of video piracy, the recorded movie or TV shows can only be played in RealVU STB.

Gracenote is a provider of the World’s Largest Entertainment Metadata, powering billions of devices and entertainment products, apps and services.

It is the industry standard for music and television metadata, featuring descriptions of more than 180 million tracks and TV listings for 60+ countries

Bangladesh greenlights three new power plants, including one of Beximco

Beximco will construct a power plant in association with a Chinese company in Gaibandha.

Two other Chinese firms are constructing another in Khulna while the other in Sylhet will be set up by a Bangladeshi company in partnership with a Japanese firm.

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) approved the proposals in a meeting chaired by Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday.

Cabinet Division’s Additional Secretary Mostafizur Rahman told reporters Beximco Power Limited and Xinjiang TBEA Sunoasis Co Ltd will set up a 200-megawatt solar power plant in Gaibandha.

The plant will supply power for 20 years and the government will buy each kilowatt-hour (kWh) at Tk 12, Rahman said.

Sun Solar Power Plant Ltd Bangladesh and Japanese Iki Shoji Company Limited will commission 5MW solar peaking power plant in Sylhet’s Goainghat.

It will sell electricity to the government at Tk 11.12 per kWh.

Chinese consortium Harbin Electric International Co Ltd and Jiangsu Etern Company Limited will build a 200-300MW power plant at a cost of Tk 23.7 billion, Secretary Rahman said.

He said another proposal to extend by six months the import of 250MW from India through its Power Trading Corporation was also cleared in the meeting.

source:http://bdnews24.com/economy/2016/08/03/bangladesh-greenlights-three-new-power-plants-including-one-of-beximco