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Energy and economy are directly correlated. Now-a days the development of a country is measured by the energy consumption rate of that country. Bangladesh's energy infrastructures are quite small, insufficient and poorly managed with per capita energy consumption of 220KWh only. Bangladesh is steadily climbing up the development ladder and industries are shifting towards automation process. Energy and power need to act as a key catalyst in helping Bangladesh in this endeavor. The installed capacity of the power plants of Bangladesh is around 8000MW for supporting the demand of around 7000MW. However due to failure in the proper fuel management in the last few years the whole country is suffering from 1500-1800MW of shortage. In order to cater the growing demand and sustain the development phase it is the high time to think about the underground coal as the ultimate choice. This paper is one such attempt in pointing out the possible energy resources for electricity generation in Bangladesh with the help of scientific analysis and available statistics.I.

Bangladesh is progressing through a stage of development where automation is the solution to its economy. At this stage for the progression of this country electricity is very vital to sustain the economic growth. These days it becomes extremely challenging to cope up with the required energy demand of the country. Continuous increase in price of fuel in the world market and also the unavailability of fuel are the reasons behind this. On the other hand fuel burning in energy generation is responsible for global climate change and Bangladesh residing in high risk of this. Renewable energy can be an immense hope under this circumstance. The country is blessed with a good number of rivers consisting adequate flow of water throughout the year. Harnessing this driving water of rivers can be a great source of kinetic energy and utilizing this kinetic energy of driving water Hydro Electricity can be produced. In this paper the real life practical data of Burinadi & Meghna Rivers were considered. A system is introduced that does not need the Dam or Reservoir to produce Electrical Power and is observed that 21.1MW-hr & 12.48MW-hr worth of energy can be produced annually from Burinadi & Meghna Rivers respectively. This extent of power can be very useful for these rivers nearby inhabitants in remote areas as they are still out of national grid range.