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For HSD-based generation, the tariff was set at US cents 19.298 per kilowatt-hour, equivalent to Tk 23.698 per unit.

The committee also approved electricity purchase from the 410 MW Bheramara Combined Cycle Power Plant, established by NWPGCL, under a re-determined levelised tariff structure.

A proposal to purchase 163 vehicles for the Rapid Action Battalion at an estimated cost of Tk 122.27 crore was also cleared by the committee.

Meanwhile, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs also approved power import subsidies at its 13th meeting yesterday.

The committee gave in-principle approval to the draft Bangladesh Offshore Model Production Sharing Contract (PSC) 2026, proposed by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division.

“It also granted partial in-principle approval to a proposal from the Power Division to include electricity imports -- from joint ventures, the Adani Power Jharkhand project, and other sources in India and Nepal -- in the government’s subsidy list, with the aim of ensuring uninterrupted power supply.