Dhaka, July 8 -- The government on Tuesday approved several procurement proposals including one for importing a cargo of LNG and another for procuring 30,000 metric tons of urea fertilizer.

The approvals came from a meeting of Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) held at the Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.

As per a proposal from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, Petrobangla will import one cargo of LNG from the spot market through the international quotation method.

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The LNG will be supplied by Vitol Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore, at a total cost of approximately Tk 531.56 crore with per MMBtu at $1...