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Energy disruption hits Bangladesh and Pakistan as Gulf crisis worsens
Bangladesh faces widespread blackouts and factory slowdowns as gas shortages force reliance on costly spot LNG, with 55% of knitwear factories reporting canceled orders.
Bangladesh is experiencing blackouts and factory shutdowns because of an energy shortfall.
Bangladesh relies on imported liquefied natural gas for more than 40% of its electricity, while disruptions from Qatar have pushed it toward costlier spot-market cargoes.
A Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association survey found that 55% of factories reported canceled or reduced orders, while 78% had partly halted production.
Pakistan introduced a fuel subsidy after petrol reached about 380 rupees per litre and diesel reached 409 rupees per litre.
(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = As concerns grow over disruptions in oil and gas transport in the Red Sea following the Strait of Hormuz, South Asian countries such as Bangladesh and Pakistan...