The government is set to launch exploration offers for all 26 offshore blocks today under a significantly relaxed framework featuring lower qualification thresholds, reduced entry costs and a series of commercial safeguards aimed at lowering investor risk in the Bay of Bengal.

Gas shortage hitting industries, households hard

It’s another wake-up call for the energy sector

Frequently increasing prices is jeopardising public interests

Surplus LNG regasification capacity predicted to emerge as a headache

Bangladesh’s gas cannot be exported—this must be a properly documented red-line condition.

Excessive dependence on imported LNG is no solution

ExxonMobil proposal should be considered with calculated speed.

Geoscientists have long been suggesting that significant gas resources still remain underground in the country, and the present gas demands may well be met through extracting our own gas.

All studies done by international and national agencies are in agreement that Bangladesh still has a significant amount of undiscovered gas under the ground.

Self-sufficiency can rid us of the threat of energy crises