gas crisis

Gas crisis shutters four urea factories

Four out of five government-owned urea factories have stopped production due to an acute gas crisis, raising concerns over the availability of enough fertiliser during the ongoing Aman paddy cultivation season and the upcoming Boro paddy season.

Who benefits from the power sector's white elephants?

Government officials involved have been allowed legal impunity under the provisions of this law.

Gas crisis hits consumers hard

A two-week-long gas crisis has been affecting homes, factories, and vehicles that run on compressed natural gas, thanks to a dip in supply following the shutdown of an LNG regasification terminal in Cox’s Bazar on May 29.

Gas shortage leaves compressor stations inoperative

The government built two compressor stations in 2016 to supply gas at adequate pressure to different districts, but the expensive machinery has been underutilised due to inadequate gas flow.

Gas crisis till April at least

Gas scarcity is likely to continue till April despite the government’s repeated assurance of scaling up gas supply during Ramadan and the irrigation season as one of the two Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU) will take longer to complete maintenance works.

Sylhet transport workers on indefinite strike

Transport workers in Sylhet went on an indefinite strike this morning to press home their five-point demand including solution of the gas crisis in CNG filling stations

Home textile exports hit by currency volatility, gas crisis

The highly promising home textile sector of Bangladesh is losing its lustre in the export market as the lingering gas crisis, the volatile exchange rate and the higher production cost are forcing many factories to go out of business.

Gas crisis choking ceramics makers

The persistent gas crisis in Bangladesh has been severely hindering the nation’s ceramics industry over the past three to four months, leading to a roughly 20 percent drop in overall production quality in the sector.

Amid gas crisis, 2 gas-run power plants firing up

Capacity payments, the scourge of the rapid rise in Bangladesh’s power generation capacity, are set to get higher this year.

September 23, 2024
September 23, 2024

Gas crisis shutters four urea factories

Four out of five government-owned urea factories have stopped production due to an acute gas crisis, raising concerns over the availability of enough fertiliser during the ongoing Aman paddy cultivation season and the upcoming Boro paddy season.

June 30, 2024
June 30, 2024

Who benefits from the power sector's white elephants?

Government officials involved have been allowed legal impunity under the provisions of this law.

June 11, 2024
June 11, 2024

Gas crisis hits consumers hard

A two-week-long gas crisis has been affecting homes, factories, and vehicles that run on compressed natural gas, thanks to a dip in supply following the shutdown of an LNG regasification terminal in Cox’s Bazar on May 29.

March 30, 2024
March 30, 2024

Gas shortage leaves compressor stations inoperative

The government built two compressor stations in 2016 to supply gas at adequate pressure to different districts, but the expensive machinery has been underutilised due to inadequate gas flow.

March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024

Gas crisis till April at least

Gas scarcity is likely to continue till April despite the government’s repeated assurance of scaling up gas supply during Ramadan and the irrigation season as one of the two Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRU) will take longer to complete maintenance works.

February 28, 2024
February 28, 2024

Sylhet transport workers on indefinite strike

Transport workers in Sylhet went on an indefinite strike this morning to press home their five-point demand including solution of the gas crisis in CNG filling stations

February 8, 2024
February 8, 2024

Home textile exports hit by currency volatility, gas crisis

The highly promising home textile sector of Bangladesh is losing its lustre in the export market as the lingering gas crisis, the volatile exchange rate and the higher production cost are forcing many factories to go out of business.

February 4, 2024
February 4, 2024

Gas crisis choking ceramics makers

The persistent gas crisis in Bangladesh has been severely hindering the nation’s ceramics industry over the past three to four months, leading to a roughly 20 percent drop in overall production quality in the sector.

February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024

Amid gas crisis, 2 gas-run power plants firing up

Capacity payments, the scourge of the rapid rise in Bangladesh’s power generation capacity, are set to get higher this year.

January 24, 2024
January 24, 2024

Economy to take a beating for acute gas crisis

With industries suffering from the gas crisis, it might cause the consumers higher price concerns