Gas facility fire worsens Bangladesh energy crunch

Chronic gas shortages in Bangladesh, already compounded by the Middle East war, have worsened after an industrial accident disrupted supplies, affecting homes, businesses and key sectors such as the textile industry.

Jubaida Anjum Saba, an NGO worker in the capital Dhaka who cooks for her extended family of 10 people, told AFP that “we haven’t been getting cooking gas since Wednesday”.

That has left her “switching from one option to another, like sometimes using an induction stove, and at other times the clay oven” which she bought a few…