Published: 12:04 AM, 10 June 2026
Bangladesh seeks to import 8,000 tons of diesel from India in June
Bangladesh plans to import 8,000 tons of diesel next month from India after it imported 25,000 tons of refined diesel in April, 10,000 tons in March and 8,000 tons in May from the neighboring country.
"The government intends to import 8,000 tons of diesel during the Aman season in June," Meghna Petroleum Limited Deputy Manager (Operations) Md Habibur Rahman told BSS.
He said the May shipments came in two phases through the pipeline from Assam's Numaligarh Refinery Limited to Bangladesh's Parbatipur depot.
Rahman said demands for diesel particularly in northwestern region increases during the irrigation season while the officials estimated that 2,000 tons of the petroleum would be required per week to irrigate the Aman crop this year.
He called the diesel import from India an ongoing process while Bangladesh continued to import the refined petroleum oil since 2021through the pipeline from the Numaligarh Refinery in India's Assam state.
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