The government has set a target to raise Bangladesh’s electricity generation capacity to 35,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030, alongside expanding the national transmission network to 25,000 circuit kilometers, Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury announced while presenting the FY2026-27 national budget in Parliament on June 11.
the ?nance minister said the government is implementing a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the country’s energy security through intensi?ed oil and gas exploration, increased domestic energy production, expansion of petroleum re?ning capacity, and diversi?cation of fuel import sources. ‘Our government is committed to building a self-reliant, affordable, uninterrupted, environmentally sustainable and modern power system,’ he told the Jatiya Sangsad.