Electricity tariff raised by 5pc at retail level

The price of electricity was hiked by 5 percent to Tk 7.48 per kilowatt hour (kWh) at the consumer level as the government used its newly-granted power to adjust the price of energy without requiring a public hearing by the BERC.The new rate will come into effect after a gazette

15.43 pc power tariff hike at retail level advised

Technical evaluation committee (TEC) of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has recommended raising the weighted average tariff of electricity by 15.43 percent at retail level against the demand of the distribution companies for hiking by about 20 percent at retail level.The recommendation of the evaluation committee was placed at