AN ACUTE gas crisis has severely affected industries and households in Dhaka and elsewhere. The supply of gas plummeted on May 29 after imported liquefied natural gas unloading had been suspended because of inclement weather. The power sector on May 27 received 941.3mmcfd of gas against the demand for 2420.9mmcfd while the fertiliser sector received...
The country鈥檚 gas crisis kept worsening by the day as its supply lags far behind the demand thanks to steady depletion in local production.
Industry insiders have said that due to years of interruption in gas supply, export-oriented industries and other manufacturing units were facing an acute crisis...
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid said Summit Group鈥檚 LNG terminal needed 10 more days to resume operation to supply imported LNG to the national gas grid.
The repair work to Anwara-Foujdarhat pipeline has been completed by the Gas Transmission Company of Bangladesh, PGCB, and, therefore, it is expected that the ongoing gas crisis may ease, said a press release on Friday....
The persistent gas crisis has turned acute in most areas of Dhaka, seriously affecting public life and forcing many to opt for alternative fuels and rely on food from...
Around 700 residents of Siddhirganj in Narayanganj on Saturday blocked the busy Dhaka-Chattogram highway demanding a solution to the prolonged gas crisis.
Production in more than 1,000 textile mills in the country has plummeted by 50-65 per cent over the past month due to a severe shortage of gas supply, according to the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association...