High fuel prices

High fuel prices

People wait to refuel their motorcycles at a petrol station after Pakistan introduced a fuel subsidy for eligible motorcycles, rickshaws and vehicles with engines up to 800cc in Karachi on 17 September 2026. Photo: Reuters

Energy disruption hits Bangladesh and Pakistan as Gulf crisis worsens

From midnight cooking to shuttered factories, South Asia's energy crisis is brutally hitting Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Load shedding, costly fuel bite into poultry

Load shedding, costly fuel bite into poultry

A bike owner buys petrol at Tk130 per litre being a hapless victim of the fuel price hike. The photo was taken at a filling station in the capital’s Paribagh area on Sunday. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Bikes, cars feel the fuel pinch at pumps

More strain on inflation as fuel price soars : After new fuel prices took effect, owners of cars and motorbikes paid around 50% more than the previous rates for petrol and octane. The photo was taken at a filling station in the capital's Paribagh area on Saturday. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Fuel price hike leads to a transportation mayhem

Philippine consumers use app to counter record retail fuel prices

Philippine consumers use app to counter record retail fuel prices

Production was already costly, fuel price hike a fresh blow

Production was already costly, fuel price hike a fresh blow

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader. Photo: Collected

Fuel price hike ‘illogical’: GM Quader

High fuel prices to take toll on govt subsidy, power bills

High fuel prices to take toll on govt subsidy, power bills