State minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said, the situation of power supply has gradually improved in the current month and it will improve further in the next month, reports BSS.
"The power supply situation will improve further in the next month and the
energy sector will continue to perform better," he said on Saturday while speaking
virtually at a discussion organized by Bangladesh Power Development Board
(BPDB) marking the National Mourning Day.
The entire country experienced power outage for 16-18 hours daily before
2009, Nasrul Hamid said, adding: "The Russia-Ukraine war made the global economic
situation vulnerable and created huge uncertainty in the global energy
market."
BPDB Chairman Mahbubur Rahman chaired the meeting, which was also addressed,
among others, by former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Kamal Abdul
Naser Chowdhury and Power Secretary Habibur Rahman.
He requested all to be more patient and said Bangladesh will become a
prosperous country under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
For improving the power situation, the Premier implemented a number of
programmes to reach electricity to every house in Bangladesh, he added.
Nasrul said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman considered
the power sector as one of the important sectors for achieving economic
emancipation.
For this reason, Bangabandhu purchased five gas fields from Shell Oil Company
which now meet 40 per cent of the country's total gas demand.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
