Meghna Petroleum

DSE: MPETROLEUM

Fuel distribution · BPC (SOE-linked)

Meghna Petroleum is a state-owned petroleum marketing company under the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), engaged in the import, storage, and distribution of fuel products nationwide.

Business: Marketing and distribution of petroleum products such as diesel, petrol, octane, furnace oil, kerosene, jet fuel, lubricants, and bitumen through depots, dealers, and filling stations.

Market data

Market capitalisation

21,838 mn BDT

Paid-up capital

1,082 mn BDT

Outstanding shares

108,216,108

Last price

202.0 BDT

Listed

2007

Market category

A

Source: Dhaka Stock Exchange, fetched 2026-05

Policy exposure

Administered pricing and pass-through of import costs Because pump prices are regulated, swings in global crude prices and the taka exchange rate land on BPC and the budget rather than on consumers in real time, affecting fiscal and monetary management. Source: analysis

SOE governance with listed minority shareholders Government control alongside a stock-market float creates a tension between policy mandates and minority shareholder interests in pricing, capital expenditure, and dividends. Source: DSE

Forex demand from fuel imports Petroleum imports are a large, dollar-denominated claim on reserves, so the sector is central to balance-of-payments and reserve-management policy. Source: analysis