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No total cutoff happened on November 7, 2024. Adani Power’s reported warning concerned overdue bills and a letter of credit, but the company said it had not demanded that Bangladesh repay all arrears by that date. Supply was reduced during the dispute; Reuters reported on November 8 that the deadline had been lifted and Bangladesh was still receiving electricity. This is a historical account, not a current cutoff warning.
What was Adani reported to have demanded?
The Daily Star reported that Adani Power Jharkhand Limited wrote to Bangladesh’s power secretary on October 27, 2024. According to the report, the company said the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) had not cleared about $846 million in bills or provided a $170.03 million letter of credit by the stated deadline, and warned it could suspend supply under the power-purchase agreement. The Daily Star’s October report also described disagreement over coal-price calculations, rising charges, payment timing, access to foreign currency and working capital. The amounts and explanations reflect the reported company letter and official comments; they do not independently establish the balance owed.
The distinction between a warning tied to payment default or credit support and a demand for immediate repayment of every dollar matters. A Bangladesh Ministry of Finance news-page account of Adani’s statement said the company had not demanded full payment of the roughly $800–850 million within seven days and had not set November 7 as the deadline for the entire arrears.
Did Adani actually cut off Bangladesh’s electricity?
No. Bangladesh continued to receive power, although the supply from the Godda plant was reduced during the dispute. Reuters reported that output supplied to Bangladesh had fallen from about 1,400–1,500 megawatts (MW) in early August 2024 to 700–750 MW earlier in November, then to about 520 MW late on Thursday, November 7. Those figures describe power at particular points in time, not energy delivered over a billing period. Reuters’ report, republished by The Daily Star, said the November 7 deadline had been lifted by the time its November 8 account was published.
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On November 3, Chief Adviser press secretary Shafiqul Alam said Bangladesh had paid Adani $97 million during October—twice the previous month’s payment—and was accelerating payments. BSS reported that he also said the energy ministry had not received a suspension letter from Adani as of that briefing. BSS reported his comments, including: “We will not be hostage to any individual power producer, no matter how powerful they are.”
Bangladesh power and energy adviser Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan told Reuters during the November dispute: “We are gradually paying the dues and will take alternative measures if anyone stops the supply. We will not let any power producer hold us hostage.” The statement expressed the government’s position; it did not mean an alternative supply had already replaced Adani’s electricity.
How did the reported arrears change?
The figures come from reports at different dates and describe different points in the dispute. The 2025 report of cleared dues does not establish that no later balance accrued, while the 2026 figure is a later reported estimate rather than an audited account.
| Date | Reported figure | What the report says it covers | Source and qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | About $846 million | Outstanding bills cited in Adani Power Jharkhand’s reported letter; the letter also cited a $170.03 million letter of credit that it said BPDB had not provided. | The Daily Star’s report of the company letter; not an independently verified account balance. |
| October 2024 | $97 million paid | Payment to Adani during October, according to Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser’s press secretary. | BSS report published November 3, 2024; the official’s statement. |
| June 2025 | $437 million paid | A one-time payment that The Daily Star reported cleared outstanding dues, including arrears, delayed interest and other charges; the report said the agreement had returned to a normal financial and legal state. | The Daily Star, July 2, 2025, citing sources. |
| Early July 2026 | Around $400 million | Arrears reported at the time, alongside Godda supply of around 1,450 MW. | Bonik Barta, in an item carried on the Bangladesh Ministry of Finance’s news page on July 7, 2026; a secondary report, not an independently audited balance. |
The June 2025 payment and the later reported arrears are not necessarily contradictory: one report described a clearance at a particular point, while the 2026 item gave a later balance. The available reports do not establish exactly how that later balance accumulated.
What the November 2024 dispute meant for Bangladesh’s power supply
The episode showed that a payment dispute could coincide with lower deliveries from a major supplier without producing the threatened full suspension on the date in the headline. The reduced figures were measured in MW, a unit of power at a given time. They are not MWh, which measures energy delivered over time, and should not be read as a complete record of Bangladesh’s total electricity supply or demand.
For a personal-finance reader, the practical point is that a large unpaid bill, a payment, and a later arrears estimate are different measures taken at different dates. The reports do not provide comparable tariff data, so they do not establish whether Adani’s electricity cost more or less than alternative power.
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