The advisory council commitee on government purchase in a meeting on Wednesday approved procurement of refined petroleum fuel oil from six countries at a cost of Tk聽10,006.63 crore.
The fuel from Thai Land, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Malaysia, China and India will be consumed for the period of July-December of the current calendar year.
Additionally, the committee also approved importing 25,000聽 tonnes of octane to be supplied by PT Bumi Siak Pukako Zapin of Indonesia at Tk聽208.63 crore and one cargo Liquefied Natural Gas to be supplied by Vitol Asia Pte Ltd of Singapore at Tk聽269.029 crore.
Approvals were also given to import 1.05 lakh tonnes of chemical fertilizers -- muriate of potash, triple superphosphateIt and di ammonium phosphate 鈥� Canada, Tunesia and Morocco at 649.75 crore.
Besides, 50,000 tonnes of wheat will be importedfrom UAE following approval of a proposal involving Tk 168.82 crore.
Finance adviser who presided over the meeting expressed relief following the ceasefire to 12-day long berserk between Israel and Iran.
A widespread apprehension of closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been thwarted, he said, adding that the price of fuel oils did not increase heavily.
Despite a slight rise in global oil prices amid the tension over the war in Iran and Israel, energy affairs adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Tuesday said they had no plan to raise fuel prices in the domestic market.
Although prices have risen slightly on the global market, fuel prices at home will remain unchanged. Adjustments will be made using BPC鈥檚 profits, added the adviser.