The government will procure 100,000 tonnes of wheat from the international market at a cost of nearly Tk200 crore.
The cabinet committee on public purchase approved the food ministry proposal at a meeting yesterday presided over Finance Minister AMA Muhith.
Netherlands-based Glencore Grain will import the wheat to meet the local demand during the current fiscal year. Bangladesh will have to procure a total of 900,000 tonne wheat to meet the fiscal year’s demand of food.
M/S Imprex Ltd, local representative of Glencor Grain, will supply 50,000 tonne at the rate of $244.50 a tonne and another 50,000 tonne at $261.25 rate, said Joint Secretary to Cabinet Division Mostafizur Rahman.
He said international tenders will be called for the procurement.
Besides, the meeting approved a public works ministry proposal on selecting a construction firm to build 10-storey building for the National Security Intelligence in the capital’s Shegunbagicha.
The Civil Engineers Ltd has been selected as the construction firm for the work, which will implement the project at a cost of Tk56.62 crore.
