Dhaka, Jan. 13 -- The country's businesses on Sunday called for an uninterrupted supply of gas and electricity to run mills and factories smoothly and continue industrial growth.

They highlighted the pivotal role that captive power plants (CPPs) currently play in ensuring higher operational efficiency (up to 80 per cent) compared to the national grid.

However, they stressed the need to improve the national grid's infrastructure, especially the distribution system, to enhance the power quality for better synchronisation of grid power and CPPs for best possible energy efficiency.

A host of experts made the observations at a seminar styled 'Captive Power Generation for Industries in Bangladesh - Overview and Recommendations' at Bangladesh...