The cabinet committee on public procurement on Thursday approved import of 305,000 tonnes of fertilisers from Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Russia.
Of the total quantity, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) will import 75,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC).
The corporation will also import 50,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea fertiliser from two Singaporean companies.
On the other hand, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) will import 180,000 tonnes of muriate of potash (MOP) fertiliser from Russia's JSC Foreign Economic Association "Prodintorg" under state-level agreement.
The procurement will cost the exchequer over Tk 6.43 billion.
Besides, the committee approved setting up of a waste-to-energy plant of 42.5 megawatts (MW) capacity by using garbage of Dhaka North City Corporation.
The China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) will set up the plant from where the government will buy electricity for 25 years at a price of Tk 18.295 per kilowatt hour.
The committee also approved appointing Wahida Construction Ltd. for construction of a bridge in Khulna at a cost of Tk 3.027 billion.
Meanwhile, the cabinet committee on economic affairs at a meeting earlier on the day approved setting up of six rice mills under the public-private partnership (PPP) initiative.
The mills will be set up in Faridpur, Barisal, Jhalakathi, Bhola, Naogaon, and Sylhet districts under a project namely 'Construction of composite rice mill(s) along with drying and storage facilities at different strategic locations across the country'.
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal chaired the meetings held virtually.
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