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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.
No gas supply to Uttara, Baridhara for 9hrs today
Gas supply to the certain parts of Dhaka’s Uttara, Baridhara DOHS and Joarshahra areas will remain shut for nine hours till 3:00pm today due to maintenance work.
12-hr gas supply suspension in city tomorrow
Another spell of gas crisis is likely to be due from Tuesday evening for parts of Dhaka city due to the ongoing construction of metro rail.
Gas Crisis: Four power plants shut temporarily
Four power plants with a combined capacity of around 1,000MW were closed for a temporary period because of a fall in gas supply.
Gas crisis to stay for at least another week
The ongoing gas crisis is likely to linger for at least another week as engineers are finding it difficult to fix the technical problem in an LNG supply line in Cox's Bazar.
Gas Crisis in Dhaka: No respite till LNG supply starts in June
Julekha Begum, a resident of Gendaria DIT plot, could not make iftar on the first day of Ramadan as the gas supply went out at 9:00am and did not resume before iftar.
LNG to come from Oman too
As part of its efforts to address gas crisis in the country, the government is going to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Oman.
Gas crisis hits capital again
Farhana Nasrin cradled her one-and-a-half-year old daughter with one hand and tried to light the stove with the other. The baby was crying for food and the mother wanted to cook something to calm her down.
Crippling gas crisis hits Chittagong city
The port city has been experiencing a severe gas crisis for more than a week, leaving its residents to use alternative means to cook or buy prepared food.
Imported LNG to end gas crisis
Good news: Annual Import of US$3 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is to ease the decades-long gas crisis of the country. Import will start in April, 2018 and by October more than one third of the country's gas needs would be imported in the form of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).
No gas crisis next year: Tawfiq-e-Elahi
Pinning hopes on imports, prime minister’s Energy Affairs Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said there will be no gas crisis from the next year.