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Bangladesh's national power grid collapses, causing a blackout for 140 million citizens.
JUST IN - Bangladesh's national power grid collapses, causing a blackout for 140 million citizens.
Apart from parts of the county's northwest, "the rest of the country is without power," an official says.
Apart from parts of the county's northwest, "the rest of the country is without power," an official says.
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"...gets three quarters of its electricity from imported natural gas...
The country has rationed some gas supplies amid high global prices driven up by Russia's war in Ukraine....
Over a third of the country's 77 gas-powered units were short of fuel"
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