Bangladesh will import 1.8 lakh tonnes of diesel from the Indian state-owned Numaligarh Refinery Limited till December for 1,462 crore taka, or Rs 1,076 crore, Prothom Alo reported on Tuesday. Dhaka’s advisory committee on government purchases approved the proposal to import diesel from the refinery in Assam in a meeting chaired by the interim government’s Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed. While the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation will pay a part of the cost, the remaining will be funded through bank loans, Prothom Alo reported. The Numaligarh Refinery is a subsidiary of Indian public-sector firm Oil India Limited. The deal is part of an existing 15-year agreement signed by the previous Sheikh Hasina government that was ousted in August 2024 after a widespread student-led agitat…
Bangladesh will import 1.8 lakh tonnes of diesel from the Indian state-owned Numaligarh Refinery Limited till December for 1,462 crore taka, or Rs 1,076 crore, Prothom Alo reported on Tuesday. Dhaka’s advisory committee on government purchases approved the proposal to import diesel from the refinery in Assam in a meeting chaired by the interim government’s Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed. While the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation will pay a part of the cost, the remaining will be funded through bank loans, Prothom Alo reported. The Numaligarh Refinery is a subsidiary of Indian public-sector firm Oil India Limited. The deal is part of an existing 15-year agreement signed by the previous Sheikh Hasina government that was ousted in August 2024 after a widespread student-led agitation. In January 2025, the interim government had approved the import of 1.3 lakh tonnes of diesel from the refinery in Assam, the newspaper reported. … Read more