Published: 12:27 AM, 24 April 2026
'Dhaka to face 110 MW load-shedding'
The government is going to introduce 110MW load-shedding in Dhaka to boost power supply for irrigation, State Minister for Power Aninda Islam Amit has said.
"Due to lack of adequate energy supply, load shedding is happening in some places. On the advice of the Prime Minister and in discussions with the Opposition Leader, we have decided to initially conduct experimental load shedding of 110 MW in Dhaka to bring this issue to a tolerable level," he said.
He noted that the country's peak electricity demand recently stood at around 16,000MW, while generation was about 14,126MW, resulting in a nationwide shortfall of over 2,000MW and necessitating load shedding.
"We think that the people in the city will be in comfort but the people in the villages who are the hard-working farmers will be suffering, which is in no way desirable," he said.
He said there should be no discrimination between cities and villages. "To eliminate that discrimination, we have decided to implement load shedding in cities as needed, so that farmers can get sufficient electricity for their irrigation," he said.
The minister expressed regret over the suffering caused by ongoing power outages, noting that the current load-shedding-hovering around 2,000 megawatts-would ease within the next seven days.
"There is no denying that many people have suffered due to the power crisis during this intense summer heat. This is not a problem created overnight; rather, it is the result of accumulated mismanagement in the past," he said, adding that the current government has to bear the liability caused by mismanagement by the 'fascist' government.
