Dhaka, July 21 -- The interim government has moved to set rates for nine large power plants that have been selling electricity to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) without official tariff approval. However, the power plants in question are owned by the state-run entities, fully or partially.

These power plants, with a combined capacity of 3,414 megawatts, were implemented during the previous Awami League government.

Despite supplying power to the national grid, their tariffs were never formally endorsed by the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase -- a mandatory requirement for such deals, according to official sources.

Instead, the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has been buying electricity from thes...