DHAKA, July 23, 2025 (BSS) - The government today approved separate proposals to procure some 1.40 lakh metric tons (MT) of fertilizer, 2 cargos of LNG, and 2.20 lakh MT of wheat to meet the country's growing demand.

The approvals came at the 28th meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase this year, held today with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair at the Cabinet Division of Bangladesh Secretariat.

Of the eight approved proposals, four were from the Ministry of Agriculture; two from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division; and one each from the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Food.

Following four separate proposals from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) will procure 30,000 MT of MOP fertilizer from JSC Foreign Economic Corporation (Prodintorg), Russia, at around Taka 129.59 crore. It will also procure 30,000 MT of TSP fertilizer and 40,000 MT of DAP fertilizer from OCP, NUTRICROPS, Morocco, at approximately Taka 211.82 crore and Taka 378.22 crore respectively. Additionally, BADC will import 40,000 MT of MOP fertilizer from Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) at around Taka 172.79 crore.

Following two proposals from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, the Petrobangla will procure one cargo of LNG from the spot market through an international quotation method from M/S Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore, at around Taka 513.45 crore. It will also import one cargo of LNG from Vitol Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore, at about Taka 522.27 crore.

Following a proposal from the Ministry of Food, the government would procure 2.20 lakh metric tons of wheat from the USA on G2G basis thruogh Agrocorp International Pte Limited, as authorized by the US Wheat Associates at around Taka 817.57 crore. 

The day's purchase committee meeting also approved a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce under which the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure 7,000 MT of lentil through the local Open Tender Method (OTM) from KBC Agro Products Private Limited, Dhaka, at around Taka 64.32 crore.