Power supply being restored

After an eight-hour-long outage caused by a collapse in the National Grid, power supply in different areas in Bangladesh including capital Dhaka has been restored.The grid collapsed around 11:30am Saturday. It tripped again in the afternoon due to a “hasty” restoration process.
Government officials had said they would move slowly to restore the power supply and asked the people of the country to be patient.
State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid had also said the restoration process was under way.
Later around 7:30pm, power returned to various areas in the port city of Chittagong.
And around 8pm, residents from Dhaka’s different areas including Banani, Badda, Khilkhet, Rampura, Mirpur and Gabtoli said electricity was restored in their houses.
Reports also said power supply was restored in many districts including Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Barisal, Kushtia, Brahmanbaria, Kishoreganj and Narsinghdi since evening, according to a news agency.