Bangladesh is set to import an additional 45,000 tonnes of diesel from India in the coming weeks as authorities prepare to meet rising fuel demand ahead of the Eid al-Fitr travel season. The move aims to ensure a stable fuel supply as millions of people are expected to travel across the country during the festival holidays.
Officials from the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) said 5,000 tonnes of diesel have already arrived from India, while another 5,000-tonne shipment is expected around March 18 or 19. Authorities are also planning to import an additional 40,000 tonnes once the necessary financial and procedural requirements are completed.
“We have received a proposal to import an additional 40,000 tonnes of diesel from India. Once the procedural work is completed—that is, the opening of the LC and other formalities, these 40,000 tonnes of diesel will also arrive in Bangladesh by April,” said Md Murshed Hossain Azad, General Manager (Commercial & Operations) at BPC.
The fuel is transported through the Bangladesh–India Friendship Pipeline, which links Numaligarh Refinery Limited in India to the Parbatipur fuel depot in northern Bangladesh. The cross-border pipeline was jointly inaugurated in March 2023 by Narendra Modi and former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to strengthen bilateral energy trade.
