Dhaka, July 27 -- Experts at a dialogue on Sunday stressed the urgent need for a pragmatic roadmap and accessible soft loans to effectively implement the government's ambitious rooftop solar energy goals.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) organised the crucial dialogue, titled 'Rooftop Solar', concerning the government's recently launched 'National Rooftop Solar Programme'.

Dr Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Research Director at CPD, Helen Mashiat Prioty, Senior Research Associate at CPD, and Md Nasir Uddin, General Member of the Bangladesh Solar & Renewable Energy Association, presented the keynote papers on the topic.

Khondaker Morshed Millat, Former Director, Sustainable Finance Department, Bangladesh Bank; Engineer Naznin Akter, Managi...