Cabinet purchase body approves import of LNG, rice bran oil and fertiliser

Staff Reporter :
The government on Thursday approved a total of 34 proposals, including purchasing 50 lakh litres of rice bran oil from local market, importing two cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from international spot market and 95,000 tonnes of fertiliser to meet the growing demand of the country.

Apart from this, the government also approved a proposal from the Bridges Division of Tk 1,117.98 crore cost increase variation proposal under the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, 3rd revised.
The approvals came from the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) meeting held on Thursday virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair. Cabinet Division Secretary, Coordination and Reforms, Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan, briefed reporters after the meeting on the approved 34 procurement proposals.

He said following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Commerce, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure some 25 lakh litres of rice bran oil from Majumder Bran Oil Mills Ltd Jashore and another consignment of 25 lakh litres of rice bran oil from Majumder Products Ltd Dhaka at a total cost of Tk 80 crore.

Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan also said that following two separate proposals from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, state-owned Petrobangla would procure some 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG from the spot market from M/S Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd Singapore at around Tk 557.72 crore where per MMBtu LNG would cost $12.98, while the Petrobangla will procure another cargo of 33.60 lakh MMBtu LNG from the same Singaporean company at around Tk 595.11 crore with per MMBtu LNG costing $13.85.

Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) will import 25,000 metric tons (MT) of TSP fertiliser from GCT, Tunisia at a cost of Tk 91.10 crore under a state level contract while 30,000 MT of TSP fertilizer will be imported from OCP, S.A, Morocco at a cost of Tk 110.96 crore under the state level deal.