Dhaka, July 6 -- State Minister for Power, Energy Mineral Resources Anindya Islam on Monday said the country's power sector is currently bearing the heavy liabilities of wrong decisions made by the previous "fascist" government, including paying capacity charges for an additional 12,000 megawatts (MW) of surplus power generation capacity.

The State Minister made the remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a press conference held at Bidyut Bhaban in the capital.

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He noted that the current government has initiated a review of power tariffs for several private power plants, which had signed "unethical" power purchase agreements under the ousted regime.

Speaking at the sa...