Dhaka, May 8 -- The Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) has resumed operations following the arrival of a fresh consignment of crude oil from Saudi Arabia.

Bangladesh's only state-owned oil refining facility in Chattogram, which was virtually shut down due to a shortage of raw materials, returned to production on Friday.

Managing Director Sharif Hasnat confirmed that multiple units of ERL began operations at 8:00 am, bdnews24.com reports.

He said that the crude oil was transferred to the refinery via lightering from a mother vessel stationed at Kutubdia.

Following the delivery, the facility kicked off its production process.

The managing director expects the refinery to reach full capacity within three to four hours, noting that the unloa...