power cuts
Plan better to reduce rural power outage
Why must our rural population always shoulder the majority of the burden?
#Guides / 10 ways to reduce your electricity bills
Utility bills are on the rise. One must be cautious about the consumption of electricity in order to keep a check on the monthly bill. An increased use of electrical appliances, because of the warm and humid weather can translate to hefty bills, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Listed below are 10 tips and tricks that can help reduce your electricity bill.
Impacted by loadshedding, joint families decide to break up
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.
Power and gas crisis / How industries are coping
Over the last couple of weeks, power cuts have become a pretty regular event.
Power Situation / Not improving anytime soon
Nobody knows exactly when the power cuts will end
Power cuts may worsen in June
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 losing $3.3b a year to power cuts
Bangladesh loses around $3.3 billion a year due to unreliable power supply to homes, offices, and factories.
21 Dhaka neighbourhoods: Power outages every other hour
People living in the capital’s Shyampur, Nandalalpur, Kajla or Matuail experienced load-shedding every alternate hour yesterday.
No electricity price hike right now: BERC
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has backtracked on its recent move to hike the bulk electricity price.
Businesses to keep factories shut once a week to save power
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.
Electricity crisis may worsen
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.
PM considering reduced electricity production to save fuel
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.
Northern districts grappling with frequent power cuts
People in several northern districts have been enduring severe power cuts over the last two-three days.
