Bangladesh, Aug. 3 -- The government plans to accelerate Bangladesh's transition to renewable energy by promoting domestic manufacturing of solar panels and battery storage systems, expanding access to clean energy technologies and encouraging greater public participation in the energy sector, Prime Minister's Finance and Planning Adviser Dr Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir said on Sunday.

Addressing a seminar in the capital, Dr Titumir said the government is working to build a more equitable and inclusive energy system after what he described as 16 years during which the country's energy sector was controlled by a small group of oligarchs under a "state-sponsored political economy" during the previous "fascist government".

Speaking at the sem...