Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC)
Eastern Refinery's second unit to be built with govt funding
BPC plans two more refineries in Matarbari and Payra
1 July 2025, 14:19 PM
Unable to return deposits, 7 banks leave BPC dry
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) says it cannot encash deposits worth nearly Tk 1,700 crore held with seven private banks, which the government agency blames for causing delays to its development projects and disrupting regular operations.
19 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Finance is key to Bangladesh’s energy transition
Bangladesh must invest more in renewable energy and energy efficiency to reduce fossil fuel imports to reverse the increasing trajectory of the subsidy burden.
25 June 2024, 02:00 AM
Saudi Arabia's Islamic Trade Finance Corp to provide $1.4 billion to Bangladesh Petroleum
The ITFC, part of Saudi Arabia's Islamic Development Bank, said the financing was aimed at developing Bangladesh's energy infrastructure
26 March 2024, 08:48 AM
Padma Oil’s profit drops 18%, but Meghna posts 8.6% rise in Q2
However, both of the state-owned oil marketer made profits in Jul-Dec period
29 January 2024, 12:16 PM
Bashundhara likely to be first private entity to market fuel oil
The company has been selling its bitumen plant's by-products like diesel and petrol to the BPC
29 January 2024, 00:28 AM
When will fuel prices be adjusted?
Government must reduce financial burden for citizens
26 January 2024, 05:30 AM
Single point mooring transports 60,000 tonnes diesel in 35 hours
Earlier, it would take 10 days
9 December 2023, 14:17 PM
How sustainable is our 'electricity revolution'?
It’s time to address the technical, operational, managerial, design and planning aspects of the energy crisis.
6 May 2023, 16:00 PM
Corruption has crossed all limits
BPC once again found to be at the centre of it
4 November 2022, 15:00 PM
Only the guilty need indemnity laws
The national energy crisis is a direct result of the corruption and nepotism encouraged by the indemnity law.
27 August 2022, 17:57 PM
Who will rein in Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation?
It must be made accountable for its irregularities
24 August 2022, 13:39 PM
Padma’s oil tank sealed off for duty dodging
For the past two months a storage tank of state-run Padma Oil Company containing nearly 6,000 tonnes of furnace oil has been kept sealed off by Custom House, Chattogram on charges of dodging duty of Tk 116.74 crore.
24 August 2022, 02:45 AM
BPC irregularities: JS committee stunned
There has been no external audit of the accounts of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation over the last 10 years, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Undertakings has found.
24 August 2022, 02:00 AM
Why should people suffer for a bad pricing policy?
The government must reconsider its fuel price hike decision
11 August 2022, 12:34 PM
''BPC's Tk 48,000cr profit overstated; now to make Tk 205cr per month"
After the latest fuel price hike, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation will make a profit of Tk 205 crore per month, provided that the dollar price continues at the rate of July.
10 August 2022, 17:36 PM
The energy policy is becoming increasingly illogical
Does the government at all care about the socioeconomic fallout of massive fuel price hikes?
7 August 2022, 17:11 PM
A black day in the history of fuel prices
Record price hikes mark an anti-people policy shift
6 August 2022, 12:26 PM
“Selling diesel at Tk 114 per litre, BPC will still incur loss”
Following the criticism that Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation made profits earlier but did not decrease fuel prices and now when they are at loss, they hiked the prices, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said BPC used its profits in various development projects.
6 August 2022, 12:17 PM
Fuel price hike: Ctg transport owners demand new fares, suspend services
Chittogram Metropolitan Transport Owners' Association has announced that the public transportation service in Chattogram city will remain suspended from this (August 6, 2022) morning until the government re-fixes the fares to adjust to the fuel price hike.
5 August 2022, 20:06 PM