The national power grid is down nearly 3,000MW, which may take days to fix
Bangladesh faces a 3,000MW power shortfall after two plants went offline—boiler tube leak and rough seas blocking coal supply—with load shedding already underway nationwide. For IT operators in South Asia, the crisis exposes infrastructure fragility and supply chain risk in emerging markets.
June 28, 2026
Senior Correspondent
bdnews24.com
Bangladesh is facing a power shortfall of nearly 3,000MW after two power plants went offline due to technical faults, the power, energy, and mineral resources minister has said.
Iqbal Hasan Mahmud told parliament on Sunday that load shedding was already under way across different parts of the country, and that Dhaka would not be spared.
The power minister had said on Sunday that the shutdowns had removed 3,000MW of power from the national grid
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