Business Report :
The government approved separate proposals for procuring 1.30 lakh Metric Tons (MTs) of fertilizer to meet the growing demand of the country on Wednesday.
The approval came from the 16th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) this year held at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat with Adviser to the interim government on the Ministry of Finance Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, he said following a proposal from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 30,000 MTs of bulk granular urea fertilizer from SABIC Agri-nutrient Company, Saudi Arabia under the 12th lot for the fiscal year (FY25) with around Taka 123.23 crore with per ton fertilizer costing US$342.33.
