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1. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Jahidul Islam

   Narsingdi’s textile factories gasp for gas as fabric rots (opens the original)

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   Around 2.5 lakh yards of chemically treated fabric have been damaged at Tithi Textile in Madhabdi, Narsingdi, after gas pressure remained at zero for the last four days, bringing production and generators to a halt, said Sonet Saha, the factory’s maintenance manager. The damage is only part of the problem. Buyers from different countries are cancelling orders, while the factory is struggling to pay workers’ wages and may have to compensate buyers for their losses, said production manager Shihabu

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2. Article · Aug 22, 2026 · Jahidul Islam

   Burning wood to keep mills running (opens the original)

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   At least 100 small and large textile factories in Narsingdi are operating by burning wood as an alternative fuel due to the gas shortage and rising prices of jhut (textile waste), causing severe environmental damage. Of them, at least 50 factories are burning timber as an alternative fuel to keep partial production running due to the recent gas crisis, while the other 50 are using firewood due to the increased price of textile waste. Besides, the acute gas shortage has halted or severely disrupt

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