Dhaka, March 10 -- Amid concerns of a potential national fuel shortage due to the ongoing war in Iran, Bangladesh is importing diesel from India via the Bangladesh-India Friendship Pipeline, with a set target of 5,000 tonnes to be supplied by Wednesday evening.
Officials of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) said pumping of diesel from India started at 3:20 pm, local time, on Tuesday. The fuel is being transported from Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam to the Parbatipur depot in Dinajpur through the cross-border pipeline.
According to BPC officials, it will take around 44 hours to pump the 5,000 tonnes of diesel, meaning the process may continue until Wednesday evening, with the organisation noting that Bangladesh on aver...