Business Desk :
The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals for procuring 2 cargos LNG, 1.10 crore liters of rice bran oil and 50,000 metric tons of non-Basmati boiled rice to meet the growing demand of the country.
The approval came from the 12th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase in this year held on Tuesday at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.
Following two separate proposals from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, Petrobangla would procure one cargo LNG from the spot market through international quotation method from M/S Total Energies Gas and Power Ltd, United Kingdom with around Taka 694.47 crore with per MMBtu LNG costing $14.48, reports BSS.
In response to another proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, Petrobangla would procure one cargo LNG from the spot market through international quotation method also from M/S Total Energies Gas and Power Ltd, the United Kingdom with around Taka 682.00 crore where per MMBtu LNG would cost $14.22.
Following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 10,000 metric tons of lentil through local Open Tender Method (OTM) from M/S Modina Trading Corporation, Dhaka with around Taka 94.23 crore while per kg lentil costing Taka 94.23.
