Dhaka, March 10 -- Amid the ongoing global disruptions due to the Iran war in the Middle East, 5,000 metric tonnes of diesel are coming to Bangladesh from India through a pipeline.

According to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) sources, this diesel is expected to reach the Parbatipur depot in Dinajpur from the Numaligarh refinery in India's Assam through the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline.

Muhammad Morshed Hossain Azad, general manager of the Commerce and Operations Department at BPC, told bdnews24.com on Tuesday: "The pumping started yesterday - at 3:20pm on Monday. It takes about 44 hours to bring in about 5,000 metric tonnes of diesel."

He said, "We are pumping about 113 metric tonnes of oil here every hour. Accordingly, ...