Filling stations, which resumed lifting fuel oils from depots after a two-day break due to the Eid vacation, rationed the items to consumers on their own in Dhaka on Monday.

Some operators limited octane sales by providing fuel worth Tk 300 to each motorcycle and Tk 1,500 to each private car, while others supplied even less, operators said, blaming a further cut in supply from the state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation.

Earlier, BPC enforced rationing on March 6 amid attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation against US interests in the Gulf region, but lifted the measure after nine days.

Consumers said that pump operators had begun rationing from Eid day.

BPC’s oil depots at Godnail and Fatulla in Narayanganj remained closed on Eid day on Saturday and the following day.

On Monday, long queues were seen at most operating pumps, with a majority of consumers tending to refuel their tanks almost every day amid concerns over fuel availability.

No BPC official agreed to comment on the reported supply squeeze or the warning issued by the Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners Association on Sunday on its Facebook page that pumps might be shut down due to growing security concerns.

The association issued the warning to press BPC to streamline supply, said its former general secretary Md Mizanur Rahman.

Altercations between consumers and pump operators, as well as brawls among consumers in queues, have become common, he added.

Mizanur Rahman said many operators were not running their pumps due to short supply.

Carrying and other operational costs are causing losses for operators, he said.

It was reported that BPC had been supplying fuel from its depots based on demand data from March 2025.

For March 23–25, BPC is supplying 12,777 tonnes of diesel, 1,496 tonnes of petrol and 1,193 tonnes of octane daily.

Bangladesh imported about 62 lakh tonnes of fuel oils in 2024–25, about 63 per cent of which was diesel and 12 per cent petrol and octane.