Dhaka, Nov. 23 -- Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) will announce new gas tariffs for the state-run fertiliser factories today (Sunday).

The commission will announce the new tariffs on the basis of the public hearing held on October 6.

State-owned Petrobangla along with its subsidiary gas marketing and distribution companies sought a 150 per cent hike in the natural gas tariff-from Tk 16 to Tk 40 per cubic metre-for government-owned fertiliser plants.

While, state-run Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) stated that fertiliser production costs in state-run factories would be 32.60 per cent lower than the import costs if gas price is doubled to Tk 30 per cubic meter and annual production reaches around 2.0 mill...