Bangladesh
Gas Price Natural gas price rises again
Dhaka, January 19: The government has announced a hike in the price of natural gas. However, the prices of residential gas, CNG, and the tea industry gas remain the same. Prices increased in the power, industrial and commercial sectors. The new price will be effective from next month.
This information was shared in a notification signed by Sheikh Mohammad Belayet Hossain, Deputy Secretary of the Energy and Mineral Resources Department of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on Wednesday.
According to the notification, the price of gas supplied to the power sector has been increased from Tk 5.20 to Tk 14 per cubic meter. In the industrial sector, the gas price of Tk 16 has been fixed at Tk 30. The price of gas in the captive power (industries' own power generation) sector has been increased from Tk 16 to Tk 30 per cubic metre, in large industries from Tk 11.98 to Tk 30, in medium industries from Tk 11.78 to Tk 30 and in small industries increased from Tk 10.78 to Tk 30.
At the same time, in the case of commercial gas connection, it has been increased from Tk 26.64 to Tk 30.50 per cubic meter. For residential customers, the price of a single stove is Tk 990 and the price of a double stove is Tk 1,800.
Also, the CNG price is Tk 43 per cubic meter and the tea industry gas price is Tk 11.93 paise per cubic meter as before. The price of gas used in fertilizer factories has been kept at Tk 16 per cubic meter as before.
