Bangladesh wants to import 9,000MW electricity from neighbours

State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said Bangladesh and India have a huge opportunity to work together for the development of the power and energy sector.

He also informed the Indian envoy a deal is likely to be signed next month to import 40MW of hydropower from Nepal.

He said that the import of 500 MW of electricity from Nepal through Indian company GMR is almost final while the import of renewable energy is also in progress. The import and export from Meghalaya, Tripura, or Assam can be discussed.

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