Power returns to parts of capital after 2.5-hr blackout

Power has been restored to different parts of the capital after outages of more than two and a half hours.

Power Grid Bangladesh has restored power supply at 11:45pm after repairing the fault at the Rampura 230/132 kV grid substation, said the transmission company.

It said electricity distribution companies will gradually restore connections across all affected areas.

"The situation is now normal and under control," said PGB.

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

The capital faced power outages last night till early today due to technical glitches in Rampura substation.

Earlier, PGB PLC said there has been an unanticipated disruption in power supply to parts of Dhaka due to a problem at the Rampura 230/132 kV grid substation at 9:50pm.

The Daily Star learned from the officials that Gulshan, Mirpur, Rampura, Khilgaon, Moghbazar, Kakrail, Kathalbagan, Hatirpool, Mohakhali and Ramna areas faced blackouts.

Meanwhile, Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) earlier said due to the glitches in Rampura grid, Bashundhara, Purbachal, Banani, Aftabnagar and Gulshan grids failed which resulted power outages in adjacent areas.