"Power outages on public holidays are very disappointing, that too from early morning. It's been more than four hours"

Three factors caused the national grid failure on October 4, found the probe body of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh.

Experts blame poor electricity transmission equipment, the lack of a smart grid, and the ill-equipped National Load Dispatch Centre for Tuesday’s national grid failure that caused power blackouts in half the country.

Business and industrial activities were disrupted for several hours since yesterday afternoon as the national power grid failed, plunging half of the country into darkness.

Chittagong and its adjacent four districts have experienced power outages twice following technical glitches at Hathazari power substation.

THE power grid failure that occurred in Bangladesh on 1-11-2014 was the worst blackout the country has ever experienced. The media gave different views and opinions which raised speculation about the cause. This article will try to give a brief description of grid system, its principle of operation, safety precautions and the logical reason for blackout.