News Desk : dhakamirror.com The failure of the electricity grid is causing interruption telecommunication and internet services throughout the country The Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) released a related statement on Tuesday (October 4), outlining the risks of disruption brought on by a power outage. Due to the failure of the national ... Read more
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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
Experts for microgrids to ease power woes
As frequent power outages and government inability to increase electricity production have gripped mass psyche, one element is, perhaps, eluding all eyes. That is delay in adoption of a digital power monitoring system is costing the country hard, which could have otherwise saved up to 500 Mw every day. Power generation, on a daily basis, ... Read more