Nepal Minister seeks India’s cooperation to export more power to Bangladesh

December 10, 2025

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Kul Man Ghising on Tuesday requested India to allow the export of an additional 20 megawatts of electricity to Bangladesh using India’s transmission infrastructure. Under the tripartite agreement between Nepal, India, and Bangladesh, Nepal has been exporting 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh from June 15 to November 15 each year since last year.

The request was made during his meeting on Tuesday with Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs of India, according to the secretariat of Minister Ghising. Nepal’s request is in line with an agreement Nepal reached with Bangladesh when a meeting of the energy-secretary-level Joint Steering Committee was held in Dhaka in late November.

As per the bilateral agreement, Bangladesh would buy an additional 40MW of electricity from Nepal after completing the necessary process. Nepali officials say that more power could be exported to Bangladesh via existing transmission infrastructure, provided India gives a green light to use its transmission infrastructure.

However, they say they are not sure about how India would respond, given the strained relations between India and Bangladesh since last year, when the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India following a violent revolt against her rule in Bangladesh.