India, Jan. 9 -- Bangladesh has decided to import 180,000 tonnes of diesel from India's state-owned Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) between January and December, with the total cost estimated at Tk 14.62 billion.

The import will be carried out by the state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). Part of the payment will be made from BPC's own funds, while the remaining amount will be financed through bank loans. The decision was approved on Tuesday by the Advisory Committee on Government Purchase at a meeting held at the secretariat. The meeting was chaired by Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed.

This approval follows an earlier in-principal decision taken on October 22 by the Advisory Committee on Economic Affairs, which cleared the...