ASIFUR RAHMAN

The people will once again have to bear the rising costs driven by idle power generation capacity and soaring global prices of liquefied natural gas, coal, and furnace oil as regulators begin reviewing proposals for a new round of electricity tariff hikes.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Tuesday formed a technical committee to assess proposals submitted by the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) and other transmission

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