Bangladesh faces energy dilemma

Bangladesh needs more energy for its growing population
This year has seen large-scale and often violent demonstrations in different parts of Bangladesh over the thorny issue of power and energy supply.

Across the country, the picture appears to be the same.

At Kansat, a village in northern Bangladesh, hundreds of demonstrators agitating over power shortages fought pitched battles with the police. Several people were killed in the violence.

In Shonir Akhra, a suburb of the capital Dhaka, thousands took to the streets, fought law enforcers and attacked the local MP to demand improved electricity and water supplies.

BBC