Waste-to-energy Power Plant: Govt inks deal with Chinese company

The Government yesterday signed an agreement with a Chinese company to set up the country's first waste-to-energy power plant, which will have the capacity to generate 42.5 megawatts of power, at Dhaka's Amin Bazar.

The agreement was signed among Local Government Division, Power Division, DNCC, and China Machinery Engineering Corporation at a city hotel. The total cost of the project will be around Tk 15,325 crore.