DHAKA, Aug 28, 2024 (BSS) - The government today approved separate proposals
for procuring some 90,000 metric tons (MTs) of fertilizer and 20,000 MTs of
lentil to meet the growing demand of the country.

The approvals came from the maiden meeting of the purchase committee of the
interim government with Adviser on Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr
Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair held at the Cabinet Division conference room at
Bangladesh Secretariat here in the morning.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, the Finance Adviser said the day's
meeting approved a total of four proposals for procuring fertilizer and
lentil.

"We won't allow declining the supply of fertilizer in the country," he said.

Dr Salehuddin also informed that the consignments of fertilizer and lentil
would be brought to the country as early as possible.

Cabinet Division officials said following three separate proposals from the
Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC)
would procure some 30,000 MTs of bulk granular urea fertilizer from
Fertiglobe Distribution Limited, the UAE under state-level agreement under
the 11th lot in FY24 with around Taka 121.95 crore with per ton fertilizer
costing US$344.50.

The BCIC will purchase 30,000 MTs of bagged granular urea fertilizer from
KAFCO, Bangladesh with around Taka 117.79 crore for the current fiscal year
(FY25) with per ton fertilizer to cost $332.75 while the BCIC would procure
another consignment of 30,000 MTs of bulk granular urea fertilizer from
Muntajat, Qatar under the first lot of state-level agreement for the current
fiscal year (FY25) with around Taka 120.06 crore with per ton fertilizer
costing $339.17.

In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run
Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 20,000 MTs of lentil
from Nabil Naba Food Products Ltd. Dhaka under local Open Tender Method (OTM)
with around Taka 203.72 crore with per kilogram of lentil costing Taka
101.86.