A retired bureaucrat, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has been tasked with heading three significant ministries for the economy: power, energy and mineral resources; road transport and bridges; and railways.

For nearly two years, Bangladeshi consumers have suffered under an executive system that gave the government unchecked power to set energy prices without their input.

The government must phase out inefficient power plants, rethink energy policy

Latest government decisions regarding energy are textbook examples of regulatory capture

Public money is being used to shore up PDB's losses and pay profiteering private companies

The latest energy master plan does not align with Bangladesh's clean energy targets

What impacts will the recent electricity price hike bring, in the context of the ongoing inflation?