Govt approves procurement of fertiliser, lentils

The government would not allow reduction in fertiliser supply in any way, finance and commerce adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said on Wednesday.
He said three proposals regarding the procurement of fertiliser were approved on the day.
The adviser was briefing the mass media after the maiden meeting of the advisory council committee on government purchase at the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat.
The meeting endorsed proposals on the procurement of fertiliser and lentil.
"These (importables) have to be brought home as soon as possible because we won't allow any decline in fertiliser supply by any means. Lentil is very important among the essentials."
According to Cabinet Division officials, the meeting approved the procurement of 90,000 tonnes of fertiliser and 20,000 tonnes of lentil.
The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) will import 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from Fertiglobe Distribution Ltd of the United Arab Emirates at Tk 1.219 billion with each tonne costing $344.50.
It has also been permitted to buy 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertiliser from KAFCO, Bangladesh, at Tk 1.17 billion, costing $332.75 per tonne.
Moreover, the BCIC has been given the go-ahead to import 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from Muntajat, Qatar, at Tk 1.20 billion. Each tonne will cost $339.17.
The committee also approved the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to buy 20,000 tonnes of lentil from Nabil Naba Food Products Ltd, Dhaka, under an open tender method (OTM) at Tk 2.03 billion.
The lentil per kilogram will cost Tk 101.86.

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