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Published : 08 Jul 2026, 04:21 PM
The government has decided to upgrade the capacity of nine power substations in Rangpur to secure electricity supply across northern Bangladesh.
To that end, it approved a proposal to procure the design, materials, installation and testing equipment needed to modernise the substations.
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase cleared the proposal at a meeting at the Secretariat on Wednesday, presided over by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.
The ministry later said the approval covers procurement under the "Network Infrastructure Development and Modernization of Power Distribution System" project in the Northern Electricity Supply Company (NESCO) area.
NESCO, a Bangladesh Power Development Board entity, supplies electricity to customers across 39 Upazila towns and urban areas in 16 districts of the Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions, through 60 sales and distribution units.
The then interim government gave the go-ahead to the project at an Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting on Sept 17 last year.
The project covers all 16 district headquarters and 39 Upazila towns in the Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions.
Wednesday’s decision includes the procurement of equipment to upgrade nine 33/11kV substations in the Rangpur region.
The committee also cleared the procurement proposal for the construction of a bridge in Boda Upazila of Panchagarh district.
