Many consumers in the capital and elsewhere reported a huge load shedding and frequent interruption in power supply on Monday.
BPDB officials too attributed the fall in power generation to the shortage in gas supply.
They said they had to suspend generation of 3,650MW of electricity due to shortage in gas supply to their power plants.
State-owned Petrobangla officials noted that the country's gas production and supply experienced a fall following a government decision not to import liquefied natural gas from the international spot market due to excessive price hike.
The electricity production is being disrupted due to lack of gas supply, resulting in power outage, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said.
In a Facebook post on Sunday, the minister apologized to the countrymen for the inconvenience and said the electricity production will return to normal once gas supply is increased.
Referring to the Russia-Ukraine war, he said that high price of fuel and supply chain disruption caused by the conflict has affected Bangladesh like all other countries.
Parts of the country have been suffering from severe power cuts in the last couple of days. This is causing disruptions in medical services in hospitals and industrial production.
Bangladesh Power Development Board's official data shows that the country had to resort to 1,500MW of load-shedding on Sunday while there was a forecast of a power-cut of 1,273MW.
"But obviously, the authorities have to go for a load shedding of more than the projected amount,” a top official of the BPDB told UNB, who preferring anonymity.
The official data shows the country's highest power generation was recorded 12,115MW at the evening on Sunday against a demand for 13,615MW meaning a 1,500MW gap between the peak demand and supply in power generation.
"This cap is being covered up by load shedding,” said the BPDB official.
Normally, the power generation varies between 1,300-1,400MW and the highest generation was recorded 14,782MW on April 16 this year.
According to BPDB official data, of the 1,500MW load shedding, Dhaka region experienced 400MW while Chittagong 200MW, Khulna 220MW, Rajshahi 220MW, Comilla140 MW, Mymensingh 120MW, Sylhel 50MW and Rangpur regions 150MW on Sunday.
