The
government has approved a proposal to import 500,000 tonnes of wheat
from Russia under government to government initiative. The approval came
from the cabinet committee on economic affairs on Saturday.
Of thje
approved quantity, 200,000 tonnes of wheat will be purchased following
the direct buying method and the rest 300,000 tonnes through open
tender.
For faster import, the cabinet committee also reduced the
tender submission time to 15 days from 45 days since the publication of
the tender in newspapers.
The cabinet committee on public purchase approved 14 proposals worth Tk 1,605.51 crore on Saturday..
Different
ministries and divisions placed the proposals at the 23rd meeting of
the cabinet committee on public purchase in a meeting led by Finance
Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.
Of the Tk 1,605 crore, the government
will give around Tk 1,552 crore while the rest around Tk 53 crore will
come from the World Bank as loan.
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