Dhaka, March 10 -- Some top 10 business leaders on Monday jointly appealed to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) to turn town the proposal of Petrobangla and six other gas distribution companies to raise the gas price for additional load and new connections.

The business leaders include Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) Shawkat Aziz Russel, former FBCCI president Mir Nasir Hossain, BGMEA administrator Anwar Hossain, BCI president Anwar-ul-Alam Chowdhury Parvez, MCCI President Kamran T Rahman, DCCI president Taskin Ahmed, BKMEA President Mohammad Hatem, LFMEAB President Syed Nasim Manjur, BCMEA President Mainul Islam Shawpan, BPGMEA President Shamim Ahmed, managing director of City Group Md Hasan and chairman of ...