Industries in Bangladesh are all set to get increased gas supply in the days to come after the Government has decided to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports by 25 per cent in December.

This is as per media reports, which maintained to feed growing demand for natural gas in industries, the Government has planned to increase LNG import by around 25 per cent in December compared to its November and October imports respectively and went on to underline that there are plans to import a total of five LNG cargoes from long-term suppliers during December against its import of four LNG cargoes each during October and November, citing a senior official of the state-run Petrobangla.

Speaking to the media, the official concerned reportedly expressed hopes the increased LNG imports will boost Bangladesh’s overall natural gas output and satisfy the industries’ requirements, grappling currently with severe gas crisis, which has hit the productivity hard.