Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (September 22, 2022) called upon the US investors to make investments in various sectors that included renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile and pharmaceuticals in Bangladesh saying that Bangladesh is pleased to offer a special economic zone for them. 

Speaking to us about this issue is Anu Muhammad, professor of economics at Jahangirnagar University. 

Mismanagement, system loss and a weak supply chain of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) have become a perennial problem.

We had energy surplus a few months ago, and now the country is facing the prospect of “reduced electric supply” until September.

We have known for a while that dependence on the expensive liquefied natural gas (LNG) would put Bangladesh under major financial stress.