electricity
Rooppur Nuclear Plant to supply National Grid by November
The government expects the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to begin supplying electricity to Bangladesh’s national grid by November, after initial physical and criticality tests at the project began successfully. The update was presented at the first meeting of the 13th National Parliament’s Standing Co
Rooppur Power Plant begins Nuclear Fission Reaction
Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant, the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, formally began its nuclear fission reaction at 3:30pm on Sunday, marking its progression through all technical stages to the final phase, according to plant officials. Dr Mohammad Zahidul Hasan, managing director of the Nuclear
Sudden Shutdown of Multiple Power Plants Worsens Load-Shedding
Load shedding worsened across the country on Thursday after one unit of Adani’s power plant supplying electricity from India and one unit of RNPL shut down due to technical faults, according to power sector officials. The outages created a fresh shortfall of 1,200MW, amid rising temperatures linked
Bangladesh gas and power crisis deepens
Gas and electricity shortages intensified across Bangladesh on Wednesday, leaving household gas stoves largely unusable for much of the day in Dhaka and other parts of the country, while load shedding expanded nationwide. Rural areas were hit hardest, with outages lasting up to 10 to 15 hours, disru
