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Bangladesh stands at a crossroads: a mounting subsidy burden to ensure necessary electricity and fuel supplies today, and a strategic choice about energy independence for tomorrow. In the upcoming budget proposal, Petrobangla now seeks Tk 27,000 crore to shore up LNG supplies for the first six months of the fiscal year. The annual requirement could exceed Tk 50 thousand crore if current market conditions persist. The Power Division is asking for about Tk 59.45 thousand crore for costly power purchases and imports in fiscal year 2026โ27….