Reduce dependence on fossil fuels, transition to clean energy

Idle gas compressor stations costing us precious foreign currency

Bangladesh’s gas cannot be exported—this must be a properly documented red-line condition.

Excessive dependence on imported LNG is no solution

But we must also address the hidden reality behind it

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.

Sugar has become dearer with prices going up by Tk 15 a kg at retail markets as millers cut supplies blaming insufficient gas flow at refineries.

The acute gas crisis, which has been plaguing the industrial sector and households, is unlikely to see a drastic improvement anytime soon.