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Payra Power Plant shut down its operation

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- Times Report - June 5, 2023June 6, 2023

Payra Thermal Power Plant's operations came to a complete halt at 12:05 pm today, with its second unit shutting down due to coal crisis. The shutdown of the power plant worsened an already severe load shedding situation in Dhaka city and elsewhere, according to BPDB officials. Earier, the other 660 MW unit

Dollar Crisis: Payra power plant to face closure

- Sadrul Hasan, UNB - January 17, 2023January 18, 2023

The 1,320 MW coal-fired Payra power plant is likely to face closure as banks have declined to open letter of credit (LC) to import coal due to dollar crisis."We may not continue our operation from February next if things are not settled," Shah Abdul Moula, plant manager of the Bangladesh-China

PM opens Payra power plant, declares full electricity coverage of Bangladesh

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- Times Report - March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday inaugurated the 1320 MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant at Patuakhali's Payra on a day when she also declared the country's 100 per cent electricity coverage.This milestone achievement puts Bangladesh ahead of India and Pakistan among the South Asian nations to light up every house