Sunday, March 4, 2012

Govt nods 356,000mt Fuel Import


DHAKA NEWS

Dhaka, The cabinet committee on government purchase on Sunday endorsed a proposal to import 356,000 metric tonnes of fuel.

"The approval was given to Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to import 80,000 metric tonnes of diesel at a premium of $3.50 a barrel and 16,000 metric tonnes of octane at a premium of $7.20 a barrel from PetroChina International Ltd," Cabinet Division additional secretary Nurul Karim told journalists after a meeting of the committee at the secretariat.

BPC will also import 2,00,000 metric tonnes of furnace oil from Petronus Trading Corporation of Malaysia at a premium of $40.80 a barrel and 60,000 metric tonnes of furnace oil at a premium of $40.48 a barrel from the UAE.

In addition, Rokeya Automatic Flour Mills Ltd received a 'go-ahead' to import 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat.

The wheat import will cost around Tk 1.273842 billion, with per metric tonne being available at around $306.95, he said.

The committee also nodded two tender proposals to construct road, bridge and culverts at the expansion project of Madani Avenue at Progoti Sharani of Badda. National Civil Engineers Limited will do the job in two lots which will cost about Tk 1.01 billion.
A proposal to construct 31 sixteen-storied buildings in sector 18 of Uttara was also endorsed by the committee.

"The first part will be accomplished by Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) and the second part by Public Works Department (PWD)," Nurul Karim said.

BFL and HCL jointly won tenders to construct four buildings in two lots at a cost of Tk 716.850 million per lot.

Enam Traders will build two buildings at one lot at a cost of Tk 724.583 million per lot and Ena DDJ Construction will build 10 buildings at five lots at a cost of Tk 726.415 million per lot.

On the other hand, BFL and HCL again jointly won tenders to construct four buildings in two lots on PWD's behalf at a cost of Tk 714.9 million per lot. Ena BDK Construction Limited won tenders to build 10 buildings in five lots at a cost of Tk 725.637million per lot.

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