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The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has withdrawn its electricity tariff hike for lifeline residential users -- low-income or marginal consumers -- just a day after announcing the increase, keeping the previous rates unchanged from the June billing month.

In an order issued yesterday, the regulator said the revised tariffs announced on June 3 for lifeline residential consumers using 0-50 units and first-slab residential consumers using 0-75 units would no longer take effect.

Under the latest decision, the lifeline tariff will remain at Tk 4.63 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), instead of rising to Tk 5.32 per kWh. Similarly, the first residential slab tariff will stay at Tk 5.26 per kWh, instead of increasing to Tk 6.18 per kWh.

BERC said the decision followed

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