Cabinet approves imports of 15 lakh tonnes of petroleum
The cabinet committee on public purchase yesterday approved imports of 15 lakh tonnes of petroleum products in the first six months of the current fiscal year at a cost of Tk 10,436 crore.
As per the proposal from the energy ministry, 10.28 lakh tonnes of the products will be diesel, 2.6 lakh tonnes furnace oil and the rest kerosene and jet fuel.
The products will be im-ported from the Philippines, China, Malaysia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Indonesia in state-to-state deals.
The purchase panel also approved five more proposals involving the cost of Tk 282 crore.
The proposals include construction of three 16-storey apartment complexes at a cost of Tk 86.87 crore for low-income people at Mohammadpur F Block. Each building will have 60 flats of 1,000 square feet area each.
According to another proposal, two food laboratories will be set up in Dhaka and Chittagong cities at a cost of Tk 63.87 crore under the urban public and environmental health sector development project.
Comments