China offers to help Bangladesh keep lights on as outages bite

Envoy says Beijing wouldn't 'sit idle' if industry-crippling power crisis worsens

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A pharmacy serves customers by candlelight during a blackout in Dhaka in early October. © Reuters

SYFUL ISLAM, Contributing writer

DHAKA -- Bangladesh is reeling from a worsening power crisis that plunges homes and factories into darkness for hours, prompting China to offer to come forward with fuel supplies if push comes to shove.

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