Dhaka, Aug. 7 -- Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has blamed the current energy crisis in the country on the 'Westerners.'

"This not our self creation. The Westerners have put us into danger," he told a virtual seminar titled: "Sustainable Energy Security in Bangladesh: Vision of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman", organised by Bangladesh Energy Society (BES) on Sunday.

Defending the current petroleum fuel price hike by more than 50 per cent, he said Bangladesh is not only country to have raised the price. Even the countries like the USA have increased the price.

"Per gallon of petrol is being sold at $5.0 in the USA which is equivalent to Tk120-130 per litre", he told the seminar.

He said new innovative soluti...