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LNG supply dearth worsens gas crisis Officials see no chance of improvement until end of this month; national grid now gets 25pc less than required LNG Dhaka city dwellers are suffering due to shortage of pipeline gas for two months and the authorities' promises to solve the problem so far appear empty. Now, it seems people would have to live with that for the rest of the month and beyond. Managing Director Ali Iqbal Md Nurullah of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Ltd on January 19 told The Daily Star that they were trying to make the supply normal by next Friday (January 22...

Jahangir Alam used to earn his living by selling scraps collected from street children in the capital's Chawkbazar. Three months ago, however, the 45-year-old who did not even complete his school education was appointed the "chief chemist" of a factory manufacturing fake foreign liquor. Jahangir used to make fake vodka and whisky in a factory on the second floor of a small building in the capital's Bhatara. At least six people have died in the capital after drinking the whisky and vodka made by Jahangir, according to police's detective branch (DB). A team of DB (Gulshan Division) police said ...

2021-02-02 15:35:40 GMT2021-02-02 23:35:40(Beijing Time) Xinhua English Video Player Close DHAKA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Police in Bangladesh capital have busted an illicit liquor manufacturing unit and made arrests to break up a bootlegging cartel, after 11 people died from consuming illegally-produced alcohol in two days. "We've conducted a raid at a place in Dhaka and detained six more persons," Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner at Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), told reporters on Tuesday. He said law enforcers launched the raid in the Bhatara area of Dhaka on Mon...

Lands of 13 canals to be recovered soon: Atiqul 192 Mayor Md Atiqul Islam today said there are 13 canals in the extended wards of DNCC and lands of these 29 kilometer (km) long canals will be recovered soon from the encroachers. “Under a project worth Taka 4,025 crore, 29 km of 13 canals will be recovered, re-excavated and made green and modern where facilities like embankments, cycle lanes and walkways will be available,” he said. Kadda canal in Bhatara, Satarkul and Badda areas in the capital. About eviction of illegal installations from the canal, the mayor said, “Illegal installatio...

Household Gas Supply: Acute crisis hits many areas in city File photo Residents of many areas in the capital have been facing an acute gas crisis for the last few weeks due to an inadequate supply of piped gas. Officials attributed the dearth of supply to the reduced import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in recent months following a hike in the price of the fossil fuel in the international spot market. The country needs at least 525 mmcfd of imported LNG a day to keep the gas supply at normal level. Ali Iqbal Md Nurullah, managing director of Titas Gas, said they were getting less LNG supply ...