, June 27 -- Residents of Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj on Saturday besieged a local rural electricity office and staged a demonstration in protest against prolonged power outages and severe load-shedding.

The protest took place in front of the Dhangara office of the Palli Bidyut Samity in the afternoon.

According to local sources, while Dhangara Bazar in Raiganj municipality has been receiving relatively uninterrupted electricity supply over the past few months, load-shedding has worsened significantly in the upazila's unions and villages.

The power crisis has particularly affected the handloom industry in Laxmikola village, where mill owners and workers are facing heavy financial losses due to frequent outages.

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