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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has recommended in-principle approval for five proposals, including the import of 6,200 tonnes of dates ahead of the upcoming Ramadan, purchases of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from three suppliers and installation of mobile network facilities at the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The recommendations were made at the committee’s 37th meeting of the year, held at the Secretariat on Thursday under the chairmanship of Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury.
Of the five proposals, three were submitted by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, while the Commerce Ministry and the Posts and Telecommunications Division submitted one each.
According to Cabinet Division sources, the committee recommended in-principle approval for purchasing LNG from Japan’s JERA Global Markets Pte Ltd (JERAGM), the United Arab Emirates’ ADNOC Trading Ltd and Nigeria’s Ojimadu & Marites Oil Marketing Nigeria Ltd/Uzi James Beehive.
The LNG purchases have been proposed through the direct procurement method under Section 68 of the Public Procurement Act 2006 and Rule 99(2) of the Public Procurement Rules 2025.
The proposals also include signing the final drafts of a short-term LNG sale and purchase agreement (SPA) and term sheet between Petrobangla and JERAGM.
Meanwhile, the committee recommended importing 6,200 tonnes of dates through an international open tender for distribution by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) during the upcoming Ramadan.
Considering the urgent national need, it also recommended reducing the prescribed time for preparing and submitting tenders under Rule 102(1)(a) of the Public Procurement Rules 2025.
In another proposal, the committee recommended in-principle approval for installing mobile network facilities at the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport through the direct procurement method.
The initiative will be implemented under a project titled ‘Installation of Mobile Network at the Third Terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’.