US EditionBangladesh's Fuel Crunch Is Largely the Government's Fault
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Bangladesh's fuel crunch is largely the government's fault
Bangladesh’s current fuel crisis is being described by parts of the government as a problem of panic buying or syndicates. Those factors exist. But they are secondary. The core of the crisis is supply-side mismanagement, sharpened by delayed price correction. And the delay matters because it was political, not technical. The BNP government chose in […] The post Bangladesh’s fuel crunch is largely the government’s fault appeared first on Asia Tim…
The tails at Dhaka gas stations lengthen every sunrise as an anxiety thermometer. In Bangladesh, the rationing fuel has ceased to be a short-term measure...
Bangladesh rations fuel as Mideast war deepens energy crunch
Dhaka (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Bangladesh launched fuel rationing on Sunday as the war in the Middle East deepened an energy crunch, creating long queues at filling stations and boiling over into anger. The country of 170 million people imports 95 percent of its oil and gas needs. Following the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Tehran's retaliatory strikes throughout the Gulf, the national oil company, Bangladesh Pe
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