Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited commonly known as NESCO is a state owned utility and electricity company in Bangladesh and is located in

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

, Bangladesh.

History

North West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited was established in October 2016 by breaking up different distribution network of

Bangladesh Power Development Board The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is a government agency operating under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It was created as a public-sector organization to boost ...

. It is responsible for the distribution of electricity in

Rajshahi Division Rajshahi Division ( bn, রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2011 Census of 18,484,858. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 district ...

and

Rangpur Division Rangpur Division ( bn, রংপুর বিভাগ) is one of the Divisions in Bangladesh. It was formed on 25 January 2010, as Bangladesh's 7th division. Before that, it was under Rajshahi Division. The Rangpur division consists of eight di ...

. The plan to create the company was formed in 2003 nut was delayed by opposition from staff at Bangladesh Power Development Board. When the company was being formed some employees of Bangladesh Power Development Board vandalized the office of the chairman of the board. Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited was established in August 2005. It was established as a public limited company under the Companies Act, 1994. The company took over the North West Zone of Bangladesh Power Development Board which contained

and

on 1 October 2016.

References

Government-owned companies of Bangladesh 2005 establishments in Bangladesh Electric power companies of Bangladesh Organisations based in Rajshahi Electric power distribution network operators Bangladeshi companies established in 2005 {{Bangladesh-org-stub