Dhaka, June 30 -- The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has recommended amid investors' concern that the government should reconsider its recent decision of cancelling 37 solar power plant projects in the country.

Otherwise, it could undermine confidence among investors, especially Chinese stakeholders, the think tank said at a seminar titled 'Recent Challenges for Chinese Overseas Investment in Bangladesh's Renewable Energy Sector: Way Forward', held at a Dhaka hotel on Monday.

The interim government recently cancelled the solar power projects - worth over US$6 billion and totaling more than 3,287 megawatts in capacity, reasoning that there were political considerations and irregularities in the approval of the projects by the previous ...