Rural-Electrification-Board

Eid brought a long holiday. Schools, colleges, offices, and courts were closed. Naturally, the demand for electricity across the country was lower. Yet even during this holiday, various areas experienced power outages. In some places, electricity supply was cut off for up to five days. As a result,...

The Rural Electrification Board (REB) distribution system has suffered extensive damage due to severe nor’westers and heavy rainfall across Bangladesh. Power supply was disrupted for long periods in more than half of the country’s districts after trees were uprooted and fell onto power lines, po...