Cabinet body clears LNG, rice import plan

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase approved seven proposals including the import of liquified natural gas (LNG) from a Swiss company and rice from an Indian company. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the meeting. State-owned Petrobangla, under the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, will import the 3.360 million MMBtus of

Govt reschedules office timing for Ramadan

The government has rearranged the office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan from 9am to 3:30pm for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions. The decision was taken on Monday at the weekly cabinet meeting held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The Prime Minister virtually joined the

Purchase body okays 6 proposals including import of LNG, rice

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Wednesday approved 6 procurement proposals including import of 3.36 million MMBtus (million British thermal units) of liquefied compressed gas (LNG) from US-based Excelarate Energy LP. Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the Cabinet body meeting. As per the proposal placed by Energy and Mineral

Govt to import 3.5 lakh MT more rice

The government will import 350,000 metric tons of rice more in the coming days as the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its nod in principle to a proposal of the Directorate General of Food on Wednesday. The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase also approved two separate proposals for the import