Bangladesh Diesel Plant

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Bangladesh Diesel Plant
Company typeCommercial Enterprise under the Management of Bangladesh Army
Founded25 June 1980
HeadquartersGazipur Cantonment,Shimultali, Gazipur-1700
Key people
Brig Gen Md Reazur Rahman (Managing Director)
Website www.bdp.gov.bd

Bangladesh Diesel Plant Limited is a state owned company in Bangladesh, that is operated by Bangladesh Army. [1] [2] As of 2024, General Waker-uz-Zaman is the chairman of the board of directors and Brig Gen Md Reazur Rahman is the managing director of Bangladesh Diesel Plant Limited. [3]

History

Bangladesh Diesel Plant Limited was a government owned corporation under the state owned Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation. It was closed in 2004 because of high losses with 740 million taka in debt. [4] [5]

In 2007 the plant was handed over to the Bangladesh Army which was able to make the plant profitable. [4] The plant was initially supposed to go to Bangladesh Rifles but it was later changed to Bangladesh Army according to then parliamentary body chairman Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman. [6] The company imported battery operated rickshaw in 2009. [7] The plant was assembled the rickshaws at its factory despite the rickshaws not being street legal. [8]

In 2010 the plant received a contract from Bangladesh government to build a 50 MW diesel power plant. [9] It owns DPA Power Generation International Limited, a joint venture with Primordial Energy Limited and Aggretech AG. [10] The company will establish a powerplant at Pagla Army Camp in Narayanganj District. [10] It was a 50 megawatt rental power plant. [11] The plant was inaugurated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2011. [12] The Bangladesh Diesel Plant and a Bangladesh Army unit commanded by Brigadier General Mostafa Aminul Islam built the embankment at Patakhali in Koyra Upazila in 2012. [13]

In 2013 the plant was given the contract to fill the land for Rampal Power Plant. [14] Bangladesh Diesel Plant Limited signed a contract with Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited to produce 10,000 prepaid electricity meters for Azimpur area in Dhaka in February 2014. [15]

In 2016, Bangladesh Diesel Plant and Bangladesh Army constructed the Rabindra Kuthibari protection embankment. [16] A portion of the Rabindra Kuthibari protection embankment collapsed in 2022. [16]

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