As many as 1,141,000 people will benefit from a significant improvement in the quality of electricity service through the country's first-ever smart grid project initiated by the DPDC, experts have said. In addition, the smart grid project, which is now in its first phases, will help fight climate change by preventing an accumulated 104,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year,
The government is set to open the electricity distribution system for the private sector after a similar move to end the import and supply monopoly of fuel oil a month ago. The matter will be announced within this month, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Sunday at a workshop held at the Bidyut Bhaban in the capital. "The government is