Bangladesh’s gas crisis has left the country’s once-busy Ashuganj fertiliser factory silent for more than a year, disrupting fertiliser production, forcing industries to cut output and contributing to power shortages and protests over fuel supplies.

Factory owners said gas pressure had declined gradually before the current crisis, forcing them to operate in shifts

In the face of an acute natural gas scarcity, Bangladesh is witnessing the shutdown of key fertiliser plants, impacting hundreds of factories, including textile producers. This…