The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) is concerned about the unusually high prices charged by some independent power producers (IPPs) and rental plants that make the whole sector vulnerable. According to the audit report of the PDB, the furnace oil- based 305MW Summit Meghnaghat is the most expensive power plant of its kind in the nation. It charges Tk. 20.40 for per unit of power, which is twice the amount charged by Khulna Power Company Limited (KPCL), another furnace oil-based plant of the same company.  Among diesel-run power plants, the 100 MW Desh Energy in Siddirgonj is the most expensive as it sells electricity at Tk. 28.11 per unit to the PDB. The gas based power plant set up by Venture Energy in Bhola sales power at Tk…

The road communications between Rangamati, the hill town badly damaged by last week's landslides,…