The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) has approved 11 proposals, including the contract extension of four rental power plants and the import of 200,000 metric tonnes of rice from Myanmar.
Agriculture Minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque presided over the meeting on Wednesday, reports BSS.
Officials said the rental power plants are 100 MW Julda, Chattogram, plant of Acorn Infrastructure Services Ltd, 50 MW Katakhali, Rajshahi power plant of Northern Power Solutions Ltd, 100 MW Keraniganj plant of PowerPac Mutiara Keraniganj Power Plant Ltd and 50 MW Amnura, Chapainawabganj plant of Sinha Power Generation Company Ltd.
They said the four HFO-based power plants received the approval for a two-year extension of their contracts under which the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will purchase electricity for the next two years.
The day's CCGP meeting also approved a proposal from the Ministry of Food to import 200,000 metric tonnes of white rice (Atop) from Myanmar under a G-to-G contract.
The entire consignment will cost a total of $90.1 million while per tonne will cost $465.50.
The cabinet committee also approved separate proposals on the import of a total of 115,000 metric tonnes of fertiliser.
Of these, 50,000 MTs of MOP fertiliser from Canadian Commercial Corporation, 40,000 MTs of DAP fertiliser from Maadeen of Saudi Arabia and 25,000 MTs of TSP fertiliser from GCT of Tunisia will be imported by the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) under the Ministry of Agriculture.