With the prompt initiative of the government, gas supply to the national grid has increased to 2,606 million cubic feet (mmcfd) per day. 

According to an official of Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources Corporation (Petrobangla), the government has been working uninterruptedly to keep the country's energy supply normal.

Petrobangla, engaged to maintain gas supply smoothly as experts were deployed for overseeing imports of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG).

The gas availability in the country has shown positive improvement compared to the previous days, he said.

Petrobangla Director (Operation and Mines, Additional Charge) Engineer Md. Shoyeb told BSS that 2,606 mmcfd of gas was supplied to the national grid at 4pm on Tuesday.

According to Petrobangla data, 1,615 mmcfd of gas is coming from domestic sources while 991 mmcfd coming from floating regasification units, installed in the sea.

Gas supply is being managed by coordinating domestic production with imported LNG to increase the supply to the national grid, Shoyeb added.