The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals for procuring some one lakh tonnes of fertiliser and 10,000 tonnes of lentil to meet the growing demand of the country.

The approval came from this year's 6th meeting of Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) held at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed presided over the meeting.

Following a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 10,000 tonnes of lentil locally by Open Tender Method (OTM) from Nabil Naba Foods Limited with around Tk97.92 crore with per kg lentil costing Tk97.22.

Following a proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) would procure some 40,000 tonnes of DAP fertiliser under the 2nd lot from MA'ADEN, Saudi Arabia under state-level agreement with around Tk298.16 crore with per tonne fertiliser costing $611.

In response to a proposal from the Ministry of Industries, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertiliser from SABIC Agri-nutrients Company, Saudi Arabia, under the 16th lot with around Tk144.62 crore with per tonne fertiliser costing $395.16.

The BCIC will purchase 30,000 MTs of bagged granular urea fertiliser from KAFCO, Bangladesh with around Tk142.64 crore for the current fiscal year (FY25) with per ton fertiliser to cost $389.75.

The day's ACCGP meeting approved another proposal from the Ministry of Industries under which two buffer godowns would be constructed in two districts - Magura (15,000 MTs) and Chandpur (10,000 MTs) of the country.

The two buffer godowns will be constructed under the 1st revised project for construction of some 34 buffer godowns in different parts of the country for preservation of fertiliser and its distribution.