[2][3] On 31 January 2015, the factory was closed by the government of Bangladesh after the reactor and cooling tower were damaged.
The contract for the repair work was given to AXO Welding, an Italian company.
[2] The factory is closed during summer to divert natural gas to home consumers like most state owned fertilizer companies in Bangladesh.
The factory cannot produce at optimal level due to gas shortages and as a result incurs monthly losses of up to 100 million taka.
The accused included government ministers and heads of Bangladeshi intelligence agency.