The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

The Advisors Committee on Public Purchase yesterday approved two tender proposals for the import of some 20,000 metric tons of non-boiled (Aatap) rice from Myanmar as part of the government initiatives to control its soaring prices.

The Ministry of Food and Disaster Management will import the rice to be supplied by two private firms of Myanmar. Each firm will supply 10,000 mts of rice at US$ 395.50 per ton.

Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam presided over the meeting of the committee.

The committee, known as Cabinet Purchase Committee, also gave its nod to another proposal placed by LGRD Ministry to appoint a consultant for Chittagong WASA's Karnaphuli Water Supply project involving Tk 43.57 crore.

Japan International Bank for Cooperation (JBIC) will finance the project.

However, four other proposals, placed by different ministry, were withdrawn from the meeting. Among them was a proposal placed by Power Division to appoint Indian BHEL as turn key contractor to build a 150 MW power plant in Sylhet.

The Cabinet Division withdrew a proposal that recommended increasing the financing approval capacity of a ministry to Tk 40 crore from the existing Tk 25 crore.

Mirza Aziz said the authorities concerned were asked to place the proposal again after having the approval of an inter-ministerial meeting.

Another proposal placed by LGRD Ministry for earth filling works at Uttara Housing project and a project of Emergency Disaster Damage Rehabilitation were withdrawn as those failed to comply the procedural rules.