The government will procure 1.10 crore litres of soybean oil for the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) from a local source, reports BSS. 

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Thursday.

Briefing reporters virtually after the meeting, Cabinet Division Additional Secretary Syed Mahbub Khan said the cabinet committee approved the procurement proposal of the TCB under the Commerce Ministry to procure 1.10 crore litres of Soybean oil with a cost of around Tk 200.20 crore from Shun Shing Edible Oil Ltd.

It also approved another procurement proposal of TCB to procure 8,000 metric tons of lentils from ETC Agro Processing Pvt. Ltd., India (Local Agent: Export Trading BD Ltd, Dhaka) with a cost of Tk 73.96 crore.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul