Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC)
Who will rein in Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation?
It must be made accountable for its irregularities
Only the guilty need indemnity laws
The national energy crisis is a direct result of the corruption and nepotism encouraged by the indemnity law.
Who will rein in Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation?
It must be made accountable for its irregularities
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.
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.
Why should people suffer for a bad pricing policy?
The government must reconsider its fuel price hike decision
''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.
The energy policy is becoming increasingly illogical
Does the government at all care about the socioeconomic fallout of massive fuel price hikes?
A black day in the history of fuel prices
Record price hikes mark an anti-people policy shift
“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.
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.