Gas Crisis

Gas Crisis

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.Photo:Collected.

Middle East crisis adds $4-5b to Bangladesh's fuel bill: FinMin

The government is also working to build a three-month fuel reserve, he says.

File photo of Excelerate Energy-operated floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). Photo: Collected/File

Excelerate FSRU resumes LNG supply after 3-day halt as new cargo arrives

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Apparel buyers stay with Bangladesh despite gas crunch – for now

At Fatullah Dyeing and Calendaring factory, the usual sound of machinery has been replaced by silence amid the nationwide gas crisis. Photo: Sabit Al Hasan/ TBS

Factory in Narayanganj being repaired amid labour unrest fears

Although garment factories mainly run on electricity, backward-linkage industries – spinning, dyeing, knitting and finishing – depend heavily on gas. Photo: M Asaduzzaman Saad/ TBS

Gazipur factories ironing garments by hand

Inside a near-empty apparel factory in Ashulia. Photo: Noman Mahmud/TBS

Gas shortage grinds Ashulia factories to a halt, threatens mass layoffs

Timber being burned in a steam boiler at Haque Textile Mill in Chowala industrial area in Narsingdy on 19 August 2026 amid a nationwide gas shortage which disrupted normal industrial operations across the country. Photo: Azizul Shonchay/TBS

Narsingdi factories burn wood to keep production going

Workers burn wood in a steam boiler at Haque Textile Mill in Chowala industrial area in Narsingdy on 19 August 2026. Gas shortage has disrupted normal industrial operations across the country. Photo: Azizul Shonchay/TBS

Gas chokehold for industries

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UK inflation jumps 2.9% in July on higher energy bills

File of an LNG vessel. Photo: Reuters

Govt to buy 2 more LNG cargoes from Singapore for Tk1,851cr

Dhaka stocks exchange

Gas crisis, margin rule uncertainty weigh on bourse

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Switching to electricity only way out of gas crisis

CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers placed bricks on a road in front of a filling station in Brahmanbaria's Kuttapara area today (13 August) while protesting the ongoing gas shortage. Photo: Collected

Severe gas crisis in Brahmanbaria sparks CNG drivers' highway blockade