Withdraw oil-gas hartal, urges DCCI
Dhaka, June 19 (bdnews24.com) ? Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI) has called on the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports to withdraw its proposed July 3 half-day general strike.
The citizens' body called the strike on Saturday to protest the government's deep-sea oil and gas exploration deal with US firm ConocoPhillips.
A DCCI press release on Saturday urged the committee to call off its strike, saying it welcomed the gas exploration activities that also upheld national interests.
"Many industries in the country are unable to operate due to lack of gas supply. They are facing losses," the release said.
The Production Sharing Contract (PSC) was signed with ConocoPhillips on Thursday, assigning it two of the 28 sea blocks with the country for exploration of gas and oil.
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