Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has demanded immediate government action to resolve the ongoing electricity and gas crisis, and to reinstate the recently scrapped list of essential medicines, warning that consumer suffering has reached an extreme level.

The demands came at a discussion meeting titled "Protest against inadequate electricity and gas supply and the decision to scrap the essential medicine list," organised by CAB at its Segunbagicha office in the capital on Thursday.

Addressing the meeting, CAB President AHM Shafiquzzaman said around 400 mills have already shut down amid the fuel crisis, raising the risk of higher production costs and unemployment.

He said gas and oil prices, transport extor...