Navigating scorching Bangladeshi summers, residents across Dhaka face relentless load shedding, driving up electricity bills while disrupting household water supplies, garment factory production, and student exam preparation amid pervasive financial and emotional anxiety.

Amid the rolling blackouts, some businesses are spending more to produce the same amount of goods, while others are taking much longer to meet delivery deadlines

Lawmakers yesterday criticised the government in parliament over prolonged power cuts in their constituencies.

Till the filing of the report at 12:30am, most of the areas were still out of electricity

Power cuts are getting more frequent as power generation has failed to keep up with the high demand caused by the rising mercury.

Government officials involved have been allowed legal impunity under the provisions of this law.

Why must our rural population always shoulder the majority of the burden?

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An alarming case has propped up in the capital recently, faced with surging rates of loadshedding. Forced to spend a lot of time together in the sweltering heat, and at times in complete darkness, joint families are deciding to live separately as the truth getting spilled has spilled bad blood among members.

Over the last couple of weeks, power cuts have become a pretty regular event.

Nobody knows exactly when the power cuts will end

Power cuts are likely to increase in June as the dollar crisis, fuel shortage and maintenance work leave around 45 percent of the country’s power generation capacity unutilised at a time when the mercury is rising again.

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

People living in the capital’s Shyampur, Nandalalpur, Kajla or Matuail experienced load-shedding every alternate hour yesterday. 

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has backtracked on its recent move to hike the bulk electricity price.

Even though the countrywide power cuts are statistically more frequent at the moment compared to last month, State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid announced that load-shedding has decreased.

Businesses today agreed to implement the government’s instruction to go for zone-wise weekly shut down of industries to save electricity and continue production in mills and factories.

The government’s plan for one to two hours of daily power cuts is failing, especially in the north, and the signs are that the electricity crisis may worsen across the country in the coming days.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 5, 2022) said that she is considering “area-based load shedding” for a specific period to save fuel used for power generation.

People in several northern districts have been enduring severe power cuts over the last two-three days.