Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- Bangladesh Power development Board (BPDB) has submitted a fresh proposal for bulk power price hike to the Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to offset its huge deficit that would stand at Tk 8,608 crore in the next fiscal year.

"Yes, we submitted a proposal to the commission, however, we did not mention any amount or percentage there, we just presented our projected loss there mentioning the increased gas tariff issue," BPDB Chairman Engineer Khaled Mahmood told the media on Monday.

He said that the BERC has increased the gas tariff which will ultimately increase the production cost of electricity. so we submitted our plea to the commission to consider the issue.

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