Power Division

The power division was created in 1998 by the government of Bangladesh as part of reforms of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.^[2] It created a reform policy for the electric power sector in 2000.^[3] Together with the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, it received 5 percent of the national budget in 2018.^[4] On 2 June 2019, the Power Division announced plans to cancel a contract to Beximco Group to build a solar power plant.^[5] Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan is the former Secretary of this division.