Bangladesh Power Crisis

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.