
An ongoing electricity crisis, punctuated by frequent power outages amid sweltering heat, is set to intensify after the coal-fired Payra power plant in Patuakhali suspended operations. Last month, a shortage of coal halted electricity generation at one of two units of the country’s largest plant. On Monday, the second unit of the 1,320 MW plant also shut down production around noon. As a result, the country’s total power supply decreased...
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