Latest government decisions regarding energy are textbook examples of regulatory capture

The government must leave breathing space for citizens struggling with high food prices

Terming the power tariff hike negligible, Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury yesterday said the new tariff would not hurt people.

Much to the chagrin of consumers, rights groups and businesses, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) yesterday raised the power tariff by 5.3 percent or Tk 0.35 per kilowatt-hour unit on an average.

The government decides to raise power tariff again, side by side with improving the customer service.

Terming the decision to increase power tariff as ‘unjustified’, Awami League lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta calls upon the government to reconsider it.

BNP demands that the government reduce power tariff after adjusting current oil price on international market and revising the deals signed with private power generating companies.