<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has claimed that the power supply situation has been better in the current month than that in the previous month.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The power supply situation will further improve in the next month," he told a virtual discussion meeting organised by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to observe the 15th August National Mourning Day today (August 27, 2022).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said the Russia-Ukraine war made the global economic situation vulnerable and created huge uncertainty in the global energy market.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With BPDB chairman Mahbubur Rahman in the chair, the event was also addressed by former principal secretary to the Prime Minister&nbsp; Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury and power secretary Habibur Rahman.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Reiterating his call to all to be more patient, Nasrul said Bangladesh will become a rich country under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He mentioned that there was 16-18 hours of load shedding across the country before Awami League assumed the power in 2009.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From that situation, the PM implemented a programme to reach electricity to every house in Bangladesh, he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proved his great leadership by purchasing five gas fields from Shell Oil Company which now meet 40 per cent of the country's total gas requirement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He made the right to electricity as part of the constitution to ensure that people in rural areas get electricity. UNB&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>