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Signs Of Thaw : Bangladesh Gets A Helping Hand From India , Gets 5000 Tons Of Diesel As West Asia War Appears Unending
“An additional 5,000 tons of diesel have arrived in Bangladesh from India. With this, Bangladesh has now received a total of 15,000 tons of diesel from India in recent times,” Mohammed Murshed Hossain Azad, general manager (Commercial), Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), told ANI over the phone.
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Amid the energy crisis in Bangladesh caused by the conflict in West Asia, India has supplied an additional 5,000 tons of diesel, a senior government official said .
“An additional 5,000 tons of diesel have arrived in Bangladesh from India. With this, Bangladesh has now received a total of 15,000 tons of diesel from India in recent times,” Mohammed Murshed Hossain Azad, general manager (Commercial), Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), told ANI over the phone.
“On March 28, pumping will be done to send an additional 6,000 tons of diesel to Bangladesh,” he added.
“In the coming month of April, India has proposed to supply 40,000 tons of diesel to Bangladesh. We have officially accepted this proposal,” Azad said, without elaborating.
The diesel is being supplied from the refinery located at Numaligarh Refinery in Assam, India, via a pipeline through the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline to Parbatipur depot in Bangladesh.
The India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline was halted after the mass movement against the then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024.
After the general election in February, the current government, led by Tarique Rahman, took office, and the India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline was resumed.
Through this pipeline, 15,000 tons of diesel have been delivered so far. –