For the first time in the country’s history, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) generated electricity beyond the 9000-megawatt (MW) yesterday. The BPDB generated 9036-megawatt (MW) electricity yesterday evening, breaking its previous record of producing the highest volume of electricity in a single day.
BPDB Director, PR, Saiful Hasan Chowdhury confirmed that this was the highest ever generation of power by the organisation.  However, incidents of load shedding were reported from different parts of the country.