Bangladesh, April 23 -- As temperatures rise across the country, electricity demand is surging, intensifying load-shedding nationwide and fuelling concerns of a worsening power crisis in the months ahead.

Meanwhile, one unit of the Adani power plant has gone offline due to technical issues on Wednesday, further worsening load-shedding.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department recorded maximum temperatures of 36.3 C, 36.6 C and 38 C over the past three days, and has warned of multiple heatwaves between April and June.

As the heat intensifies, the use of fans, air conditioners and other cooling devices has increased sharply. Electricity demand has also risen in agriculture due to Boro irrigation, and in industry where reliance on generat...