The interim government appears to continue commercializing the country’s power and energy sector on the prescriptions of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, following the footsteps of successive governments, alleged the Consumers Association of Bangladesh recently.
The consumer rights body came to the conclusion based on recent steps taken by the government, particularly in its response to resolving the conflict that prevailed between the Rural Electrification Board and its entity Palli Bidyut Samity for a while.
Taking its root in discrimination between employees of the institutions, the conflict also led to the demand that employees on contract or appointed on irregular basis be regularized.
Several thousand employees of the PBS offices in the country have been demonstrating on the Shaheed Minar premises in the capital Dhaka for about two weeks to press their various demands.
The committee that the interim government formed after coming to power in August 2024 recommended turning the PBS into a company as part of a structural reform.
