The Power Division will take action against those responsible for the recent national power grid failure within the next two days. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said this today following a public meeting at his constituency in Keraniganj, a suburb of Dhaka city. On October 6, the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh formed a seven-member committee to identify the reasons behind the national grid failure that caused a seven-hour blackout across most of Bangladesh. The committee had three days to complete the investigation and submit its report. Referring to it, Nasrul Hamid said the Power Division is yet to receive the written probe report. "However, we were informed that the grid failure was more of a management error," he added.      The state minister said they had asked the Power Division to suggest the names of those behind it. "We will terminate all of them and take divisional action." Nasrul Hamid also hoped that a bilateral contract would be signed with Brunei to import energy from the country. Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah is now in Bangladesh.  

Telecom services are likely to be disrupted in some parts of the country following the national power grid failure today, Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) has said. “Due to national power grid failure, telecommunication services may be disrupted in some parts of the country. We are sorry for the inconvenience,” it said in a statement. Read: National power grid failure: Blackout across Bangladesh National power transmission grid failed at 2:05 pm – causing blackouts across Bangladesh, except some parts of the north. According to officials at Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), the transmission line tripped somewhere in the eastern part of the country, especially districts on the east of Jamuna river. Read: RMG factories bearing power outages of 4 to 10 hours a day: BGMEA President Following the grid failure, all power plants tripped one after another and electricity supply went off in Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet, Barishal and Mymensingh divisions. It now remains to be seen how the national power grid failure affects telecom services in Bangladesh.