India, April 18 -- Bangladesh on Friday began receiving an additional 5,000 tonnes of diesel from India through a cross-border pipeline, according to media reports.

"Another 5,000 tonnes of diesel has started arriving at the Parbatipur Padma Oil depot from India via the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline," depot manager Md Ahsan Habib Chowdhury told Dhaka Tribune.

He said the Parbatipur Rail Head depot has been receiving the supply since the morning of April 16.

According to official data, around 8,000 tonnes of diesel reached the Parbatipur depot from Numaligarh, India, on April 14, following 22,000 tonnes delivered in March, the report said.

Depot authorities added that a further 7,000 tonnes of diesel from Numaligarh Refinery Lim...