Dhaka, Dec. 27 -- Industrial consumers will get top priority in gas supply as the government prepares such a fuel-feeding recipe aimed at fuelling economic growth, now largely subdued following political upheavals, sources say.

"Industry will be on top of our priority and we want that the industrial consumers will get as much gas as possible next year to run their industries," state-run Petrobangla Chairman Md Rezanur Rahman told The Financial Express Saturday.

As part of this plan, Petrobangla will be importing increased volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from global suppliers next year," he said.

In 2026--the year close by now-the government corporation will import some 115 LNG cargoes, 5.50-percent higher than current year's imp...