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Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday told parliament that the US-Israel war on Iran will force the government to provide nearly Tk 36,000 crore in additional subsidies for electricity, energy, and LNG during the March-June period of the current fiscal year.

“Prices of crude oil and LNG have more than doubled in the international market,” he said under Rule 300 of the Rules of Procedure while addressing the House on the fragile state of the economy inherited from the previous government.

The Middle East war has created new uncertainties in the global energy To

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