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Press: Bangladesh textile sector faces gas crisis, weighs alternative fuels

Published: 19 August 2026
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Telegraph India (Reuters) | 08.08.26

Bangladesh's vital textile sector was already suffering high energy costs from the Middle East war when a fire at one of its two gas import terminals last month further exposed its energy insecurity and forced industry leaders to look to other fuels.

The textile industry employs some 4 million people out of a total industrial workforce of about 14 million and produces around 80% of Bangladesh's exports and about 13% of its GDP. Read more