The government on Tuesday approved separate proposals for procuring one crore liters of refined soybean oil and 40,000 metric tons of fertiliser to meet the growing demand in the country. The approval came from a meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase at the Secretariat with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair. During the meeting, a total of four purchase proposals from different ministries and divisions, namely from the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industries, and the Road Transport and Highways Division, were approved. The project is being implemented by the Roads and Highways Department with joint financing from the Government of Bangladesh and the OPEC Fund. After detailed discussions, the work was awarded to the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), China with a total cost of Tk899.62 crore.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 13, 2026 14:23 UTC