The government's plan to add 383 MW of electricity from the Bibiyana South power plant to the national grid by December this year has become uncertain as one of the project contractors has not completed the tasks assigned to it on time. On December 15, 2014, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) signed a USD 288.26-million contract with Isolux Ingenieria SA of Spain and Samsung C&T Corporation of South Korea for the construction of the 383-MW gas-based combined cycle Bibiyana South Power Plant in Habiganj. However, Isolux Ingenieria SA had desisted from carrying out construction at the plant citing security concerns, which arose after the terrorist attack at a Gulshan café on July 1. Since then, the Spanish company has…

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