Bangladesh's national power grid collapses, causing a blackout for 140 million citizens.

[Goldhedge]

Too many E-cars?

October 4, 20229:47 AM MDTLast Updated 26 min ago
Bangladesh plunged into darkness by national grid failure
By Ruma Paul and Sudarshan Varadhan

DHAKA, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Large swathes of Bangladesh were left without electricity on Tuesday after a grid failure, a government official said, adding that authorities were working to gradually restore power supply in the country of 168 million people.

The country's power grid malfunctioned at around 2 p.m. (0800 GMT) on Tuesday, leading to blackouts across 75-80% of the Bangladesh, Bangladesh Power Development Board official Shameem Hasan told Reuters.

Bangladesh plunged into darkness by national grid failure

Large swathes of Bangladesh were left without electricity on Tuesday after a grid failure, a government official said, adding that authorities were working to gradually restore power supply in the country of 168 million people.

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[pmbug]

1. That sucks. Hope they get the power back on.

2. Tiny Bangladesh has roughly half the population of the USA? Whoa.

 

[Casey Jones]

Bangladesh, leading the way.

This is one time where they're actually previewing our own future.

 

[nickndfl]