DHAKA, Nov 26, 2024 (BSS) – The government has appointed four new members to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) for three years term.

The newly appointed BERC members are- Dr Syeda Sultana Razia, Md Gias Uddin Joarder, Md Abdur Razzak and Md Mizanur Rahman, said separate notifications issued by Energy and Mineral Resources Division of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources here today.

According to the notification, services of the new members would be considered as the full-time one and they won’t be able to remain involved in any profitable jobs during their job in the BERC.

They will get benefits and allowances as per the finance division letter no-07.00.0000.126.00.001.10-87 issued on April 19, 2017. Apart from this, they will get treatment expenditure of himself and his dependants in the country.

The notification said that as the member of BERC, they won’t be able to run any business with their own names or the names of their dependants in any organization under power and energy sector.
      
They would be able to resign from his/her post by sending a letter of resignation to the President signed by them separately giving one month notice time. Besides, clause-11 of the Bangladesh Energy Commission Act, 2003 will be applicable to remove any member from their posts, the notification added.

The appointments were made in the public interest and the conditions of the appointment will be determined by the BERC Act, 2003, it added.