Dhaka, April 21 -- The government has decided to import another 150,000 tonnes of refined diesel and 25,000 tonnes of octane to tackle fuel supply pressures stemming from the Iran war.

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase gave in-principle approval to the imports "to meet emergency demand" at a meeting on Wednesday afternoon, the finance ministry said in a statement.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs also approved in principle the import of a further 250,000 tonnes of diesel and 25,000 tonnes of octane. That proposal will now be placed before the purchase committee.

The government has been under pressure over fuel supplies after shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was effectively disrupted because of the Iran war.

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