Many areas in the central part of the Dhaka city is still experiencing heavy load shedding as the authorities concerned has not yet been able to repair the burnt equipment at the 132kV Dhanmondi grid substation. Some equipment of one of the three transformers
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Electricity goes AWOL
Despite a delightful opening ceremony, the second day of the ongoing eighth Bangladesh Games received an unceremonious interruption when the events of taekwondo and table tennis could not be finished in time on Sunday due to load-shedding. Electricity was disrupted several times at the National
Irrigation over, power cut not yet
Financial constraints keep many plants shut; PDB seeks to buy offshore gas from Santos Although the extra need for power for Boro season irrigation is over, the level of load shedding remains unchanged due to the authorities’ financial inability to operate many idle rental power plants. A top official of the Power Development Board (PDB) ... Read more
Rajshahi reels from power outage
8-12 hours load-shedding a day People in Rajshahi zone including the boro growers in the Barind region have been experiencing eight to 12 hours of load-shedding every day as the zone is facing power shortfall of about 50 percent megawatt (MW). The distribution units were provided with 277 MW power yesterday against the daily demand ... Read more
Power cuts continue despite 1,900MW of new electricity
Load shedding continues unabated as the country’s power generation still remained far behind the demand amidst sweltering summer heat although the government claimed that nearly 1900 megawatt of new power was added to the national grid. People are reeling under frequent power outages even at mid-night while the industrial
Power crisis to aggravate in February
Additional demand for electricity during the World Cup Cricket tournaments, Secondary School Certificate Examinations and for irrigation would aggravate the power crisis in February-March, said officials. They said that the consumers should be ready for frequent load shedding from February to May, the boro irrigation season