The cabinet committee on government purchase in a meeting on Thursday approved five proposals involving the import of fuel oils, liquefied natural gas and fertiliser at Tk 17,890 crore.
Of the proposals, the cabinet committee headed by finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali approved a proposal from the energy division to import refined petroleum oils for the July-December period of the current calendar year at Tk 16,484 crore, officials said.
The refined fuel oils will be imported from seven suppliers of five countries 鈥� China, Oman, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates and Thailand.
Earlier on November 15 in the past year, the cabinet committee in economic affairs in a meeting approved import of 38 lakh tonnes of different types of refined petroleum for the January-December period of 2024.
Of the total refined petroleum, diesel (gas oil) is 23.4 lakh tonnes while Jet-A1 fuel 3.75 lakh tonnes, octane 2.75 lakh tonnes, furnace oil 7.50 lakh tonnes and marine fuel 60,000 tonnes.
The cabinet committee on government purchase approved two more proposals from the energy divisions, including the import of one cargo LNG to be supplied by M/s Total Energies Gas and Power Limited, Switzerland at Tk 583 crore.
This will be the import of 23rd cargo of the year with each unit of LNG costing $12.58.
The other proposal was linked to import of 30,000 tonnes of diesel from the Numaligarh refinery in Assam, India at Tk 276 crore.
The cabinet committee also approved the import of 80,000 tonnes of Muriate of Potash from Canadian Commercial Corporation at Tk 550 crore for Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation under two separate proposals.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
It, however, turned down a proposal for the construction of a 10-storey building at about Tk 148 crore at Jahangirnagar University in Savar.
