DHAKA ¨C Jobayer Ahmed¡¯s textile business on the outskirts of Dhaka is going through a rough patch with the energy crisis in Bangladesh.
Production costs at Shah Fatehullah Textile Mills Limited ¡ª which employs about 2,200 workers ¡ª have risen by 40% in the last two years, Ahmed said, mainly due to the gas price for the company¡¯s in-house power plant having nearly doubled in recent months.
Despite this, ¡°we are still not getting an uninterrupted gas supply, hampering our production,¡± said the third-generation industrialist who runs one of the nation¡¯s oldest textile mills.
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