Worried over public outrage, Palli Bidyut Association asks for protection for its offices, grid

Pakistan will suspend electricity supply for about two hours during peak-usage times every evening, the government said, in an effort to manage energy prices affected by the Iran war

The country stands on the edge of a difficult summer as global tremors from the war on Iran ripple through its energy lifelines, stoking fears of blackouts as heat waves loom.

Bangladesh loses around $3.3 billion a year due to unreliable power supply to homes, offices, and factories.

Industries, already under huge pressure for the fall in gas supply and higher input costs, have been hit with power outages in the last few days, which have raised the production cost and may force factories to cut output. 

“Free light source plus [a] dude I can sit and ruminate with, it’s perfect.” 

Business and industrial activities were disrupted for several hours since yesterday afternoon as the national power grid failed, plunging half of the country into darkness.

Consumers in the areas under Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (Desco) will experience power cuts for three hours today (August 7, 2022).

Electricity connection was cut off all over Sylhet district today as all sub-stations was submerged in flood water.

Apologising for public sufferings due to power disruption in different parts of the country over the past week, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid expresses hope that power supply would be normal by Friday.

A major power failure plunges large parts of southern Pakistan into darkness on Tuesday night.

Panic grips among the patients of Dhaka Medical College Hospital following a power disruption for hours in its newly-constructed 10-storey building.

Locals blocked Dhaka-Rangpur highway for in Gaibandha protesting power cut in eight villages of Gobindaganj for a week.