load shedding
Load shedding may spike in summer
Power generation not growing in line with forecasted spike in demand, leaving people staring at frequent and extended power cuts.
Why do villagers bear the brunt of loadshedding?
Strangely enough, although the government is unable to meet power needs, it pays thousands of crores to government and private power plants as fixed charges or capacity charges every month with taxpayers’ money.
Parts of Dhaka to face power outage for next 7 days
Some parts of Dhaka will experience power disruption for the next seven days due to maintenance work of transmission system, said a press release of power division
Electricity price hike will haunt both the people and the government
What impacts will the recent electricity price hike bring, in the context of the ongoing inflation?
How the power crisis is affecting the youth
Given the energy crisis, the youth have been experiencing a myriad of issues.
Experiencing the five stages of grief as a gamer during load shedding
Gamers operate on a different league of insanity when their monitors suddenly go dark in front of their eyes.
Electricity for industries: Load to be shed elsewhere if needed
If needed electricity supply to other sectors will be halted during the daytime in order to increase supply of electricity to industries and agriculture, said Prime Minister's Energy Affairs Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury today (October 23, 2022).
#Perspective / The art of tolerance in Dhaka
Some say that living in Dhaka is not easy and for those who have lived here for years, nothing is easy. In fact, living in this city makes it easier to tolerate any other inconvenience with a hair-flip. Someone spat inches away from your feet? Tolerate. It landed on you? Wipe and move on. The world might have a fancy word like noise pollution for needlessly honking cars but we know it for what it really is — soothing white noise that one could even fall asleep to. Which happens often, during the long respites the city graciously bestows on us to and from work every day without fail. We lovingly call them traffic jams.
Load-shedding in Bangladesh: Are we living in 2022 or 1984?
The lack of transparency in the energy sector is costing the nation dearly.
Load shedding may spike in summer
Power generation not growing in line with forecasted spike in demand, leaving people staring at frequent and extended power cuts.
Why do villagers bear the brunt of loadshedding?
Strangely enough, although the government is unable to meet power needs, it pays thousands of crores to government and private power plants as fixed charges or capacity charges every month with taxpayers’ money.
Parts of Dhaka to face power outage for next 7 days
Some parts of Dhaka will experience power disruption for the next seven days due to maintenance work of transmission system, said a press release of power division
Electricity price hike will haunt both the people and the government
What impacts will the recent electricity price hike bring, in the context of the ongoing inflation?
How the power crisis is affecting the youth
Given the energy crisis, the youth have been experiencing a myriad of issues.
Experiencing the five stages of grief as a gamer during load shedding
Gamers operate on a different league of insanity when their monitors suddenly go dark in front of their eyes.
Electricity for industries: Load to be shed elsewhere if needed
If needed electricity supply to other sectors will be halted during the daytime in order to increase supply of electricity to industries and agriculture, said Prime Minister's Energy Affairs Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury today (October 23, 2022).
The art of tolerance in Dhaka
Some say that living in Dhaka is not easy and for those who have lived here for years, nothing is easy. In fact, living in this city makes it easier to tolerate any other inconvenience with a hair-flip. Someone spat inches away from your feet? Tolerate. It landed on you? Wipe and move on. The world might have a fancy word like noise pollution for needlessly honking cars but we know it for what it really is — soothing white noise that one could even fall asleep to. Which happens often, during the long respites the city graciously bestows on us to and from work every day without fail. We lovingly call them traffic jams.
Load-shedding in Bangladesh: Are we living in 2022 or 1984?
The lack of transparency in the energy sector is costing the nation dearly.
Worsening electricity supply fresh blow to industries
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.
