The energy security and insecurity of Bangladesh: a critical analysis

The last five years have seen Bangladesh making good progress in adding various energy mixes to its supply of energy for domestic consumption. The GDP of the country grew at 8 per cent in the year before the pandemic. This was possible due to certain policy-level decisions by the government to increase the production of energy, implementing short-term projects for electricity generation and the flexibility of the industrial sector. The country now has a plan to increase its energy security and lower its reliability on imported energy. The purpose of this article is to discuss and analyse the various policies and the challenges that the government faces in order to ensure the country’s energy security.