Bangladesh to sign power import deal with Nepal

Bangladesh is poised to sign the tripartite agreement with Nepal and India soon to import hydropower from Nepal via Indian transmission lines, according to Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Md Fouzul Kabir Khan.

“A delegation of the interim government will visit Nepal soon to sign the agreement for import and export of power,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at a reception programme marking Nepal’s National and Constitution Day at a city hotel on Friday evening, reports BSS.

Bangladesh, Nepal and India recently agreed to sign an agreement to import 40MW of electricity from Nepal via India six years after they reached an understanding on energy cooperation, according to the official source.

At the reception, hosted by Nepal Embassy in Dhaka, the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser expressed satisfaction over the growing engagements between Bangladesh and Nepal.

In his welcome remarks, Ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari highlighted that the day marked the historic promulgation of a democratic and inclusive Constitution in 2015.