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Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources

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Website
  
mpemr.gov.bd

Jurisdiction
  
Government of Bangladesh

Headquarters
  
Building # 6, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka

Ministers responsible
  
Sheikh Hasina, PM & Minister-in-charge Dr. Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury, Advisor to the PM

Deputy Minister responsible
  
Nasrul Hamid, Minister of State

The Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (Bengali: বিদ্যুৎ, জ্বালানি ও খনিজ সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়; Bidyuṯ, jbālāni ō khanija sampada mantraṇālaẏa) (abbreviated as MPEMR) or Ministry of Energy is a ministry of the Government of Bangladesh. It is mainly responsible for all policies and matters relating to electricity generation, transmission and distribution from conventional and non-conventional energy sources including hydro electricity. It also deals with the Import, Distribution, Exploration, Extraction, Pricing and other policy related details of the primary fuels.

Contents

The MPEMR has two Divisions headed by two secretaries:

  • Power Division
  • Energy and Mineral Resources Division

    • Ministerial team

    The ministerial team at the MPEMR is headed by the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, who is assigned to them to manage the ministers office and ministry.

  • Minister in charge — Sheikh Hasina (Prime Minister)
  • Advisor to the Prime Minister on Energy— Dr. Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury
  • Minister of state — Nasrul Hamid

    • Power Division

  • Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA)
  • Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited
  • Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited
  • Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited.
  • Electricity Generation Company Limited.
  • West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited.
  • Rural Electrification Board
  • Rural Power Company Limited
  • Power Cell
  • Power Grid Company of Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Power Development Board

    • Energy and Mineral Resources Division

  • Geological Survey of Bangladesh
  • Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Limited
  • Sylhet Gas Fields Limited
  • Mineral Resources Development Bureau
  • Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company
  • Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission
  • Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation
  • Bangladesh Petroleum Institute
  • Geological Survey of Bangladesh
  • Bangladesh Hydrocarbon Unit
  • Converting natural gas Company Limited
  • Department of Explosives

    • References

    Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Wikipedia
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