In the history of the country, a record 14 thousand 932 megawatts of electricity has been produced in one day. This is a new record of electricity production in the history of Bangladesh.
The production took place in 24 hours till 9pm on Wednesday (April 12). Earlier on Tuesday (April 11), a record 14,800 megawatts of electricity was generated.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu gave this information on his verified Facebook page.
In a Facebook post, the State Minister wrote that yesterday's record was surpassed by today's production. According to the report at 9 pm, the total power generation in the country today is 14,932 MW. He mentioned that was the order of the Honorable Prime Minister - to ensure comfort in the lives of common people at any cost. The employees of our power department are working tirelessly to fulfill this goal, thanks and congratulations to all.
According to PDB sources, this new production record is the result of maximum efforts to keep power generation and supply situation normal considering Ramadan and summer.