Dhaka, March 1 -- The cabinet committee on government purchase (CCGP) on Thursday gave the green light to procure fertiliser, edible oil, lentil, wheat and drugs, among others.

Finance minister Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali chaired the meeting in the conference room of the cabinet division at the secretariat where the approvals were given.

The committee approved two separate proposals in this regard.

Briefing the media, cabinet division additional secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan said the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would buy 11-million litres of soybean oil through open tender from City Edible Oil Ltd.

It will take Tk 1.746 billion for the purchase with each litre costing Tk 165.25.

The state-run TCB will also buy 10,000 tonnes of ...