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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025
Govt to import LNG, fertiliser, lentil to meet the domestic demands

Bangladesh

UNB
05 March, 2025, 07:00 pm
Last modified: 05 March, 2025, 07:05 pm

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Govt to import LNG, fertiliser, lentil to meet the domestic demands

The Advisors Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) in a meeting today (5 March), with Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair, approved a number of proposals in this regard

UNB
05 March, 2025, 07:00 pm
Last modified: 05 March, 2025, 07:05 pm
The approvals came from the 18th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP). Photo: BSS
The approvals came from the 18th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP). Photo: BSS

The government will import LNG, fertiliser and lentil to meet the domestic demands.

The Advisors Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) in a meeting today (5 March), with Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair, approved a number of proposals in this regard.

According to approved proposals, moved by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, the state-owned Petrobangla will import two cargoes of LNG to meet the local gas demand.

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Total Energies Gas and Power Limited, Switzerland, will supply one cargo of LNG at Tk754.42 crore, with per MMBtu price at 15.73 while Gunvor Singapore Pte, Singapore, will supply other LNG cargo at a cost of Tk741.95 crore, with per MMBtu price at $15.47.

The Commerce Ministry moved a proposal under which the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure 10,000 tonnes of lentil through local open tender.

Sheikh Agro Food Industries, Dhaka, will supply the bulk lentil at a cost of Tk95.40 crore, with per kg lentil at Tk95.40.

The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) will import 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertiliser from Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (Kafco) at a cost of Tk154.86 crore, with per tonne at $422.625.

LNG / Fertiliser / lentil / Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed

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