Power sector collapse: Bangladesh Descends into Darkness Under Yunus’s Rule

Once a source of national pride, Bangladesh’s power sector is now crippled and collapsing. Energy once powered industry, agriculture, hospitals, and education—but under the illegitimate Yunus regime, that backbone has snapped.

In April 2025, as the regions of Khulna, Barisal, Jessore, and Faridpur plunged into darkness by early evening, citizens lost more than just electricity; they lost their last shreds of trust in the state itself.

This was no isolated incident. It was the inevitable result of years of mismanagement, corruption, and political interference—led by a government that seized power without a mandate, answers to no one, and remains dangerously disconnected from the people it claims to serve.

From the moment Yunus and his circle seized control, every sector of governance became a playground for plunder, and the energy sector stands as one of its worst casualties. Rather than building on technical expertise, long-term planning, or engineering leadership, the sector was handed over to political cronies. Projects were no longer evaluated on their merits, but on the size of the kickbacks they could generate. In Yunus’s Bangladesh, the only qualification for steering billion-dollar sectors is loyalty, not competence.

The government loves to boast about “increased power generation capacity”—a hollow claim. In reality, a minor grid failure now cascades into near-national blackouts. There are no reliable backups, the infrastructure is ancient and decaying, and the people “managing” it are little more than party operatives, obsessed not with maintenance or recovery, but with spinning narratives to shield their political masters from blame.

The growing demand for electricity was foreseeable—inevitable even—but Yunus’s administration met it with apathy and corruption. No new grids. No serious investment in alternative fuels or gas reserves. Instead, records were set in coal mine scandals and LNG procurement scams. Across the board—at PDB, NLDC, DESA, DESCO—one finds only incompetence, patronage, and a culture of pillage. Engineers and experts have been sidelined by politically connected mediocrities whose only technical skill is following orders whispered over secured phone lines.

And the consequences go far beyond household darkness. Hospitals falter without power, risking lives in ICU wards. Pharmaceuticals spoil without refrigerated storage. Food processing grinds to a halt. Mobile networks collapse. Banking services and even basic state security operations become vulnerable. During the April 26 blackout, entire industrial zones stood still, warehouses were compromised, and emergency patients gasped for breath when life-support machines flickered and died.

If another full-scale blackout strikes tomorrow, Bangladesh has no meaningful recovery mechanism. And yet, the Yunus regime’s response is not urgent action—it is propaganda. “Everything is fine,” the official line insists, even as industries, lives, and the national economy teeter at the edge of collapse.

The crisis in the power sector is not an isolated misfortune; it is the clearest reflection of a rotting state.
A government that comes to power without elections feels no obligation to serve the electorate.
A regime that survives by fear and favor has no incentive to maintain infrastructure.
When billboards matter more than bridges, when loyalty trumps merit, when propaganda replaces policy—this is the inevitable result: darkness.

Power outages are not just an inconvenience. They are the slow death of an economy, the erosion of healthcare, the destruction of agriculture, and the paralysis of education. The blackout of April 26 was years in the making, and it happened under a government that does not fear accountability—because it answers not to the people, but to a handful of foreign patrons and domestic oligarchs.

The only question left is: how much more will this occupation government destroy?
Healthcare, education, justice, investment, security—all already decaying.
Now the electricity is gone.
What next?
Water? Food? Transport?
Or will they simply crush whatever courage remains in the people?