Incidents recorded in Bangladesh across battery storage, solar, wind, grid infrastructure and data centres.
19 published entries. Newest first. Search and filter these in the register.
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On Tuesday 27 October 2026, a failure on the national power grid cut electricity in eastern Dhaka and parts of Chattogram at around 12.45 pm, according to Prothom Alo English. Several power plants shut down following the grid failure and began restarting one...
On 26 September 2026, a transformer on a nearby power line exploded and fell onto the rooftop of Mahela Khatun Mohila Madrasa in the Hajipara area of Fatullah, Narayanganj, Bangladesh, while five students were playing there. All five suffered burns and were...
A 33 kV source breaker at the Chaumuhani grid substation in Begumganj, Noakhali, was damaged in an explosion at around 8:30 pm on a Friday, as reported on 27 September 2026. The breaker caught fire and shut down the 33 kV line from Chaumuhani to Maijdi,...
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source.
A fire broke out at an old power substation in the Datiara area of Brahmanbaria around 5:30am on 29 August 2026 and damaged an auxiliary transformer. Firefighters brought the blaze under control within about 15 minutes. No casualties were reported. Supply to...
A fire broke out at the 33/11kV grid substation in the Khejurtala area under Gaurichanna union, Barguna Sadar upazila. An 11kV automatic circuit recloser exploded, damaging wires and other electrical components. Power supply to around 67,000 consumers in 10...
A fire broke out at an electrical substation near the FDC intersection in the Tejgaon area of Dhaka at around 1:30 pm on a Saturday. The blaze occurred behind the Uttara Center building and caused extensive power outages across large parts of the capital,...
The Daily Observer reported on 14 March 2026 that a transformer explosion triggered a fire at N'ganj. The article text was not available, so the exact site, the response, any injuries and the extent of damage were not reported.
According to a headline and feed summary from New Age BD, published on 28 October 2026, the Power Division in Bangladesh has formed a committee to investigate a grid failure. The full article could not be retrieved. The date of the failure, the affected area,...
A report dated 11 March 2025 said a grid collapse caused a power cut in Dhaka. Only the headline was available. The part of the grid involved, how long the cut lasted, how many customers were affected and why the grid collapsed were not reported.
A fire was reported at Desco’s sub-station at Tejgaon, with two people reported injured. The available report is a headline only. Cause, the extent of damage, the emergency response and whether power supply was affected were not reported.
A fire broke out at about 16:58 local time on 26 October 2023 on a floor of Khawaja Tower, a 14-storey commercial building in the Mohakhali district of Dhaka. The tower housed several internet gateways, interconnection exchanges and two data centres, and...
In an afternoon outage reported by The Daily Star on 15 April 2023, a current transformer exploded at the Madunaghat 132 kV substation in Chattogram, Bangladesh, causing a failure in the local grid. Power Development Board (PDB) officials said the fault cut...
A small transformer on the national grid of Bangladesh Power Grid in Hathazari, Chattogram, caught fire on 15 April 2023. The fire was put out at once. An hour-long power cut was reported in parts of the city, with temporary load shedding in various places in...
Dhaka Tribune reported in October 2023 that a fire followed an explosion at the Aminbazar grid substation in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during rain, and that the incident caused a power outage. The report available to the register is a headline and short summary...
A fire broke out at the Shahjibazar 330 MW Power Plant in Habiganj, Bangladesh, on the morning of 28 May 2022. Six fire engines from Habiganj fire service and civil defence brought the blaze under control at 11:45am, about two hours after it started. The...
A fire broke out at the Power Ulan Power Substation of the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) near the Rampura Metropolitan Project area in Dhaka. The 133/32 kV substation on Wapda Road caught fire at about 7:20 am on a Monday. The Fire Service...
On 11 April 2020, a fire broke out at around 1:55pm at a substation belonging to the Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) in the Rampura area of Dhaka. The Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) confirmed the incident. Seven fire service units from...
A fire broke out at the Kewatkhali substation in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, according to a headline and summary published by the Daily Observer on 8 September 2020. The headline says the fire plunged the area, abbreviated as M'singh, into darkness. The full...
A Dhaka Tribune report dated 28 February 2019 said a power grid substation in Keraniganj, Bangladesh, had caught fire. The available source is the headline and feed summary only. Cause, damage, any outage, the response and whether anyone was hurt were not...
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