DHAKA, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Power outage has hit several areas of Bangladesh, including capital Dhaka, port city of Chattogram and Sylhet, due to a collapse of the South Asian country's national grid on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) director of public relation Shameem Hasan informed that the national power grid failed and caused the power outage in many areas except some parts of the north, national news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported.
"Due to the national grid failure, people of many areas of Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet and Cumilla area are not getting electricity since 2:05 p.m. today," Hasan said.
Engineers of both BPDB and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) have been working to restore electricity transmission across the country, according to the BSS report. ■
