Power cut hits Bangabhaban, other city parts
A grid failure in Haripur of Narayanganj led to shutdown of a number of power plants in the country yesterday evening, leaving many areas in the capital including the Bangabhaban without power for up to an hour.
Tejgaon, Ramna, Bangshal, Kamalapur and Motijheel in Dhaka and a good part of Narayanganj were affected by the power outage, which started at 7:00pm.
Most of the affected areas in the capital started getting electricity back around 7:30pm, said Kamrun Nahar, a spokesperson of the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd.
The Bangabhaban suffered outage twice: for 39 minutes from 7:01pm and for four minutes from 9:01pm, said an official preferring anonymity.
Power supply was disrupted also in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban and the Gono Bhaban, but for only a minute.
Top officials of the Power Development Board and DPDC were called at the PM's parliament office to explain the causes.
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