Dhaka, June 12 -- Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud has said that the budget has been designed to make the power sector capable of gradually moving away from dependence on subsidies.

Speaking to journalists after visiting the National Load Dispatch Center (NLDC) of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), the minister said that greater allocation has been made to the energy sector because of the need for primary fuel, while the allocation for the power sector has been reduced somewhat compared to the previous year.

The minister said that electricity generation capacity had been expanded without ensuring proper coordination among generation, transmission, and distribution systems. "During the fascist per...