Chronic Power Blackouts Threaten Bangladesh’s Rural Agrarian Economy
An escalating energy shortage coupled with severe load-shedding is causing extensive disruption across Bangladesh’s rural economy. Whilst major urban centres face recurring blackouts lasting five to six hours daily, conditions in peripheral regions are markedly worse, with reported power outages stretching between 10 and 16 hours a day. The agricultural, poultry and fisheries sectors—the backbone […]
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