With local gas production on the wane, import dependency in the power and energy sector is on the rise, in what can be viewed as a threat to national energy security, according to experts.
Speakers at a webinar today said that the country's current gas crisis is a result of the government's excessive interest in import-dependent fuel supply policy
Western energy-exporting nations, including Australia, along with prominent global corporations, have "robbed" approximately $8 billion from Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves over the past three years, capitalising on the energy crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, said Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury. Speaking at a webinar on Tuesday,