A garment factory owner in Dhaka recently said electricity and fuel now account for 22 percent of his manufacturing costs, up sharply from three years ago.
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Mashid Rahman
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Subail Bin Alam
Bangladesh must urgently transition from imported fossil fuels to renewable energy to resolve its severe energy crisis.
Outages during heat wave weighing on rural areas and garment factories
Bangladesh’s steel manufacturers yesterday urged the government not to raise electricity tariffs further, saying higher energy…
Bangladesh's economic growth is threatened by an energy shortage, leaving new industrial facilities idle. The country faces…
Rising fuel and transport costs continue to push up the prices of essential goods, the independent think-tank said
Underutilized plants draw expensive capacity payments, affecting bills
