Dhaka, April 12 -- Bangladesh is facing increasing load-shedding as technical issues have forced the shutdown of two 800 MW units at Adani Power's 1,600 MW coal-fired plant in Jharkhand.

According to official sources, electricity generation from Unit-1 was halted on April 1, while Unit-2 ceased production in the early hours of Friday, at 1 am.

Data from Power Grid Bangladesh PLC, which tracks hourly power generation and transmission statistics, reveals that the country faced its highest load shedding of 428 MW at 3 pm on Saturday, a weekly holiday when electricity demand is typically lower than on working days.

"This has been the highest amount of load-shedding in recent days when usually power shortages remained between 50-150 MW," sa...