State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that about Tk 9,000 crore electricity bills have been pending with consumers since the coronavirus outbreak in March last year. 

Bangladesh’s electricity import will go up to 9,000 MW by 2041 as it will meet 15 percent of its demand by cross border power trading as per the power system master plan.

Though Bangladesh has made substantial strides in overall power generation over three terms of the Awami League, the government's efforts to meet its own target for power generation from renewable energy have failed to keep up.  

Solar power could well be a solution to Bangladesh's energy woes.