The Price of Incompetence: BNP’s Catastrophic Mismanagement Fuels Nationwide Blackout Crisis

Bangladesh has an installed power generation capacity of more than 28,000 megawatts (MW). Yet, under the current BNP government, the country is only managing to produce between 13,000 and 14,000 MW on many days, even as demand during peak summer hours climbs above 16,500 to 17,000 MW. This leaves a daily shortfall of 2,000 to 3,000 MW or more. ...

The Lights Are Going Out in Bangladesh:How the BNP Government and Yunus’s Interim Regime Have Engineered a National Energy Catastrophe

For over a decade, Bangladesh was heralded as an "Asian Tiger," a burgeoning economic miracle powered by a robust energy infrastructure and a vision of a "Digital Bangladesh." Today, that tiger is whimpering in the dark. As the scorching summer heat of April 2026 takes hold, the nation is gripped by a catastrophic power, fuel, and gas crisis tha...