Dhaka, Sept. 3 -- The government on Tuesday approved a number of proposals for the procurement of fertiliser, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and phosphoric acid to meet the local demand.

The Advisers' Council Committee on Government Purchase at a meeting gave the approvals to this regard. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed chaired the meeting held at the Bangladesh secretariat. Mr Ahmed joined virtually from abroad.

Under an approval, M/S TotalEnergies Gas & Power Ltd, United Kingdom will supply one cargo LNG to Petrobangla at a total cost of Tk 4.85 billion, where each unit of cargo will cost $11.549.

The meeting also approved the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) to import 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser from MA'Ad...