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Ensure steady supply of fertilisers for farmers
Looming fertiliser crisis could disrupt food production
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.
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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.
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Tk 1,500cr unpaid bills: Titas starts disconnecting gas lines
Titas Gas Distribution Company Ltd has started disconnecting gas supply to households and industries in the capital due to unpaid bills of around Tk 1,500 crore.
Gas supply disruption from tomorrow in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Munshiganj
Consumers in southern part of Dhaka city and adjoining areas, and Narayanganj and Munshiganj may experience disruption or low pressure in gas supply for a week - from tomorrow (November 6) to November 12 - due to technical work in the gas transmission line.
‘Ensure gas supply, we’ll pay more’
Textile mill owners yesterday said they were willing to shell out 40 percent more for gas if the supply was uninterrupted. Supply disruptions were costing the industry crores of taka, they said.
Gas Crisis: No end to plight anytime soon
The acute gas crisis, which has been plaguing the industrial sector and households, is unlikely to see a drastic improvement anytime soon.
Gas shortage chokes textile millers
Textile millers across the greater Gazipur, Sreepur and Bhaluka industrial belt yesterday urged the state minister for energy, power and mineral resources to put an end to their perennial gas crisis, which is currently preventing them from continuing smooth production.
Gas crisis won’t create fertiliser shortage: agriculture minister
There will be no fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh, even if the country faces shortage of gas, the key raw material for producing fertiliser, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque.
New gas price to be announced tomorrow: Berc
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) will announce the new gas tariff at the consumer level tomorrow (June 5, 2022).
Gas crisis likely to ease as Bibiyana field resumes full production
After four days of disruption, the Chevron-operated Bibiyana gas field resumed full production from this morning – which is likely to end the gas crisis in parts of Bangladesh.
CNG filling stations to remain closed 5-11pm during Ramadan
CNG filling stations across the country will remain closed from 5pm to 11pm every day during the month of Ramadan, instead of 6pm-11:00pm, according to a press release of Petrobangla.