It is owned and operated by the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board.

Construction of the power station started on 1 February 1990 and the first unit was commissioned on 31 July 1993.

[citation needed] It was constructed and credited by the China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation.

[5][6] The N210-12.9-538/538 super high-pressure intermediate reheat condensing, three-cylinder double exhaustion turbo set turbine, installed at Unit 1, was manufactured by Dong Fang of China.

[citation needed] The boiler is a DG-680/13.7-14 type of super high pressure, one intermediate re-heat cycle and single drum natural cyclic type boiler manufactured by Dong Fang of China.