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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Bangladesh's gas crisis hits factories, homes and transport

Brahmanbaria: The giant structures of Bangladesh's Ashuganj fertiliser factory have stood silent for more than a year, as a natural gas crisis shuts industries, triggers power cuts and sparks protests over fuel shortages.

Machinery once ran round the clock, using natural gas to produce urea that farmers depended on to grow crops for the country's 170 million people.

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