Dhaka, June 4 -- Bangladesh's power regulator has reversed a tariff hike for low-income households, restoring earlier electricity rates within a day of the decision.

BERC has backtracked on its Wednesday decision to increase electricity tariffs for lifeline and first-tier residential consumers.

The revised decision was announced in a notice issued on Thursday.

According to the new decision, lifeline consumers using 0 to 50 units will continue to pay Tk 4.63 per unit, while first-tier residential users consuming 0 to 75 units will remain at Tk 5.26 per unit.

The revised rates will be effective from the June billing cycle.

Under the earlier order, lifeline tariffs were set to increase to Tk 5.32 per unit, while first-tier tariffs were ...