Dhaka, Oct. 25 -- CHATTOGRAM, Oct 24: The government is set to complete all the required processes to begin the construction of the long-delayed ERL Unit-2 by December 2025.

The proposal is now waiting for approval from the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). However, the design work of ERL 2 is almost completed.

After canceling deals with the S Alam Group as a partner with the Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL), the existing Development of Project Proposal (DPP) for the construction process of the second unit of ERL is progressing quickly under the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC).

The project will now be funded by the government itself, as per the previous decision.

Chairman of The BPC, Md Ami...