Dhaka, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday apologised to the people for the ongoing power and gas shortages and assured that his government was taking urgent steps to ease the crisis, expressing hope that the gas situation would improve significantly within the next few days.

Addressing a cheque distribution and doa mahfil programme at the Mohakhali TNT field under Dhaka-17 constituency, he also urged opposition political parties criticising the government over the crises to come up with concrete, workable plans to resolve the problems instead of creating confusion among the people.

"I sincerely apologise to the people for the suffering caused by the power crisis.I hope that, with Allah's mercy, the gas crisis will ease...