Load Shedding

Bangladesh Gas Crisis Deepens as Power Cuts Hit Millions

Mahibur Fakir [Hillol] আগস্ট 16, 2026

A fire at a floating LNG terminal on 21 July has left homes, factories and power plants short of fuel. Load shedding crossed 3,592MW, garment output fell up to 60 percent, and rural areas faced 12 hours of outages a day. Here is the full picture.

Rural Bangladesh Suffers 10-Hour Blackouts as Energy Crisis Deepens

Mahibur Fakir [Hillol] এপ্রিল 26, 2026

Bangladesh’s electricity crisis has reached a breaking point in rural districts, with communities in Gazipur, Rangpur, Khulna, Sylhet and beyond enduring up to 10 hours of daily power cuts as a perfect storm of gas shortages, unpaid fuel bills, and soaring summer demand overwhelms the national grid. While Dhaka remains largely shielded, millions of rural Bangladeshis are sweating through the darkest nights of the year.