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Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources

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Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
বিদ্যুৎ, জ্বালানি ও খনিজ সম্পদ মন্ত্রণালয়
Ministry overview
JurisdictionGovernment of Bangladesh
HeadquartersBuilding # 6, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka
Annual budget30317 crore (US$2.5 billion) (2024-2025)
Adviser responsible
Ministry executives
Child agencies
Websitempemr.gov.bd

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.[1][2] 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.

The MPEMR has two Divisions headed by two secretaries:

Senior officials

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Ministerial team

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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.

Departments

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Power Division

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Energy and Mineral Resources Division

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References

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  1. ^ "Govt to explain Unesco over Rampal power plant". Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  2. ^ "Korean film festival begins in city 1 Oct". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-09-26.