Bangladesh, March 13 -- Two units of the Ashuganj Power Plant in Brahmanbaria have been shut down due to a fault in the national power grid, reducing electricity supply to the grid.

At the same time, the season's first rainfall has damaged several transformers, causing prolonged power outages in the capital and other areas.

On Thursday, a sudden fault occurred in the Ashuganj-Bhulta national grid transmission line, forcing it to be shut down. To reduce load on the system, the 400 MW Ashuganj East unit and the 450 MW Ashuganj North unit were immediately taken offline.

With power generation reduced, electricity supply to Dhaka and surrounding areas has declined.

Power disruptions have been reported in various parts of the capital since ...