Commerce, Industry, Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said Bangladesh needs suffi cient time to overcome the ongoing energy crisis by developing the necessary infrastructure and expanding supply capacity.
‘The challenges posed by the energy crisis are clear.
We need to be given the time required to build the infrastructure and overcome the situation,’ he said.
The minister said increasing the capacity of LNG terminals and drilling new gas wells would help strengthen the country’s energy self-suffi ciency.
‘It will take around two years to make signifi cant progress in this regard,’ he added.
He made the remarks recently while speaking as the chief guest at a district workshop in Sylhet on preparing the annual work plan for fi scal year 2026-27 and evaluating implementation of the previous year’s activities under a modern technologybased agricultural development project for the Sylhet region