Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud has described electricity purchase agreements signed during the previous Awami League government with India, foreign entities, and private companies as a grave threat to the country's independence and sovereignty.

The minister said that the nation's freedom and sovereignty are closely tied to the power sector, yet the former government repeatedly signed anti-national contracts without giving due importance to this matter.

Speaking to journalists in his office at the Secretariat on Tuesday, the minister addressed issues including the country's electricity situation, energy crisis, liquified natural gas (LNG) imports, and payment arrears to private power pr...