Bangladesh has been working to increase power generation as it needs 60,000 megawatt (MW) of electricity to be a developed country by 2041, said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday.

“Currently the power generation capacity of the country has reached 16,046MW while the government is working to take it to 24,000MW by 2021 to be a middle income country.” Hamid was addressing a session on “Power for Human Development” at the “Rising Bangladesh” conference at Loeb House of Harvard University in Boston, US.

International Sustainable Development Institute of Florida and Centre for International Development of Harvard Kennedy School and Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute of Harvard University jointly organised the conference.