Livestock
Chickens Die in Heat and Power Cuts, Pabna Poultry Farmers Face Ruin
Severe heat and long power cuts are killing chickens on Pabna's poultry farms, adding to losses from high feed and medicine prices and disease.
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Electricity
Environment
Floodwater Enters Bandarban Substation, Power Supply May Be Cut
Floodwater has started entering a power substation in Bandarban, which may be shut down, cutting supply to more than 10,000 customers.
Environment
Flood Swamps Substation, Leaving Dighinala Upazila and Sajek Without Power
Power supply to Dighinala upazila in Khagrachhari, including the Sajek tourist area, has been off since the afternoon of 8 July after floodwater submerged the local substation.
CropsFour Irrigation Pumps Disconnected in Sadullapur, Boro on 100 Bighas in Doubt
In February 2026, four pump owners in Mohishbandi, Sadullapur, Gaibandha, said power to their irrigation pumps had been cut without notice, putting boro rice on more than 100 bighas farmed by about 50 farmers in doubt. The power office gave no explanation in the report.
FisheriesPower cut to 16 ice factories in Patharghata, Barguna, to enforce hilsa ban
In October 2025 the fisheries department cut power to 16 ice factories in Patharghata, Barguna, to stop trawlers going to sea during the mother hilsa ban, and seized a trawler being loaded with ice.
Crops
Irrigation Pumps Asked to Run From 11pm to 7am to Save Power
The Power Division has asked that irrigation pumps be run from 11pm to 7am to ensure uninterrupted power supply during the coming summer, irrigation season and Ramadan.
Environment
Sri Lankan Minister Blames Monkey for Nationwide Power Outage
Sri Lanka's energy minister has blamed a monkey for a nationwide power outage that left hospitals and other institutions relying on generators.
Fisheries
Unusual Boat Rally in Barguna to Protect Hilsa
A boat rally and human chain on the Payra river in Taltali, Barguna, called for coal power projects to be scrapped to protect the river and its hilsa.
Crops
Bhola Palli Bidyut to Plant 50,000 Trees
Bhola Palli Bidyut Samity has launched a programme to plant 50,000 trees to help people cope with the intense heatwave.
Livestock
150 Chickens Die After Farm's Power Is Cut in Meherpur
More than 150 chickens on a schoolboy's rooftop farm in Gangni, Meherpur, died after miscreants cut the power, the family says.