Dhaka, April 21 -- Bangladesh has been generating electricity near its record high and re-gasifying liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the highest level ever recorded to meet the rising power demand during the ongoing heat wave, according to official data.

The country's overall electricity generation reached 15,358 megawatts (MW) during evening peak hours on Saturday, just 290 MW short of the all-time high of 15,648 MW recorded on April 19, 2023, according to the National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC) of the state-owned Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd (PGCB).

A senior official of the Power Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources expected overall electricity generation to possibly reach as high as 17,500 MW duri...