But we can’t pinpoint the region in which the problem originated for technical reasons,” said Yeakub Elahi Chowdhury, executive director of Power Grid Company. Mohammad Hossain, director general of the Power Cell, said they could not find out where the problem occurred because they did not have a “smart grid”. A national grid failure is unimaginable.”As the night wore on without electricity, the Power Division apologised to customers who suffered hours of outages that affected nearly half of Bangladesh. NOT THE FIRST TIMEIn November 2014, the power supply was disrupted for about 36 hours due to a grid failure. On Sept 7, Bangladesh experienced a grid failure for a few hours.

Source: bd News24 October 05, 2022 05:13 UTC