Dhaka, April 15 -- The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (EuroCham) expressed their grave concern over the recent gas price hike.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) introduced a revised gas tariff structure on Sunday that differentiates between new, committed, and existing customers within the same industrial category.

"While FICCI fully supports the government's objective of ensuring a sustainable and reliable energy supply, the newly announced tariff mechanism risks creating unintended barriers for new and expanding industries," said the chamber in a statement on Tuesday.

FICCI cautioned that the new differentiated tariff structure - wh...