Bangladesh sees highest ever power generation

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) registered a record 13,018 megawatt (MW) of electricity production Saturday night, BPDB spokesperson said.

Previously, it was 12,911 megawatt (MW) of electricity generation in the last of March.

“BPDB produced the highest electricity generation on Saturday night at 9:00pm,” Saiful Hasan Chowdhury, director public relations of BPDB said.

Earlier, Bangladesh crossed the 10,000MW mark for the first time on March 19, 2017, before which the country generated 9,000MW of power for the very first time on June 30, 2016.