The third unit of the Barapukuria coal-fired thermal power plant was shut down on Friday evening following some technical issues.
The unit with 275MW capacity used to produce around 220MW of electricity daily before the closure.
The northern part of the country reported load shedding and low voltages following the closure of the large unit of the major power plant in Dinajpur.
The plant has three units with a combined capacity of 525MW.
However, the second unit of the plant has remained shut since 2019 over equipment failure while the first unit is producing electricity at half capacity due to its efficiency degradation over the years.
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