"This occurred as part of the automatic protection system of the grid"
According to the Power Grid Bangladesh PLC, the situation has since returned to normal
Water supply in different areas of the Chattogram city was disrupted for around 10 hours yesterday due to a crack in the pipeline in Najumia Hat area under Hathazari upazila of the district.
Gas supply will remain suspended for 10 hours tomorrow in different areas in the capital for emergency works in gas pipeline
Frequent power cuts over the last week have left residents of Chattogram suffering.
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 10:00am to 6:00pm tomorrow due to gas pipeline replacement works
Dhaka South City Corporation today seized equipment, belonging to Dhaka Wasa, used for digging work at Lalbagh near Shaheed Abdul Alim playground
Gas supply will remain suspended in different areas of the capital from 10:00am to 6:00pm tomorrow due to pipeline replacement works
Households of the capital’s Mir Hajirbagh have been facing a gas crisis for months. But that problem may seem trivial when compared to the looming danger.
Dhaka Wasa yesterday proposed resetting its tariffs such that low-income people can get water at a much lower rate than the wealthy.
Six officials of Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority have made trips to the US and Turkey since May 12, when the government issued a restriction on foreign trips of government officials as part of an austerity measure.
Water is going to be costlier for the city residents as the Dhaka Wasa has decided to increase the prices by 5 percent.
The government yesterday hiked the gas price by 22.8 percent, compounding the woes of the ordinary citizens who are already grappling with the spiralling prices of almost all essentials.
The government is set to increase the gas prices by 17-20 percent at the consumer level, according to Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission sources.
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) will announce the new gas tariff at the consumer level tomorrow (June 5, 2022).
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) yesterday proposed alternatives to hiking gas and electricity prices and urged the government not to increase the tariffs.
Dhaka Wasa and the icddr,b yesterday said they tested Wasa supply water at source and found it to be safe.
Hiking the prices of electricity and gas will be suicidal because it will significatly raise production costs, making it impossible for export-oriented businesses to compete with the other countries, said the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries.
