The cabinet committee on public purchase at a meeting has approved six proposals, three of them from Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) to purchase 90,000 tonnes of fertilisers.
Finance Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal presided over the virtual meeting, attended by the members of the cabinet on Thursday, reports UNB.
As per three separate proposals, the BCIC under the ministry of industries will import 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) of Saudi Arabia at a cost of Tk 1.94 billion while it will import the same quantity of similar fertiliser from Fertiglobe Distribution Limited of UAE at the same price.
However, the BCIC will import another 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea from Muntajat of Qatar at a cost of Tk 1.97 billion.
The committee gave its nod to a proposal of the Bangladesh Films Development Corporation (BFDC) under the ministry of information and broadcasting to award a Tk 3.74 billion contract for the construction of the BFDC complex to Biswas Trading and Constructions.
Another proposal of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) under the Energy and Mineral Resources Division received the nod of the committee to import 80,000 tonnes of furnace oil from Singapore Pte Ltd. Singapore at a cost of Tk 3.65 billion.
Meanwhile, a meeting of the cabinet committee of economic affairs (CCEA) approved in principle two proposals for the petroleum import for the year 2022.
As per the proposals, 1.6 million tonnes of crude oil and 5.850 million tonnes of refined petroleum will be imported from different companies.
However, the cost of the proposed import was not disclosed as the proposals will again come to get the final approval of the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase.