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A further 60,000 tonnes of 0.5 percent sulphur gasoil (diesel) will be imported from Indonesia’s state-linked PT Bumi Siak Pusako Zapin (BSP Zapin) under a government-to-government (G2G) framework.

Earlier on March 26, the government authorised the emergency purchase of 3 lakh tonnes of diesel following two proposals from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division.

Before that, on March 22, the government wrote to the United States, requesting permission to import up to 6 lakh tonnes of refined fuel from Russia or, alternatively, to obtain a waiver for at least two months, according to the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.

Since the war started, Bangladesh has also received some 17,000 tonnes of diesel from India under an existing arrangement. Two additional shipments, each estimated at around 6,000 tonnes, are expected from Indonesia.

For the agriculture sector, the CCGP yesterday approved the import of 35,000 tonnes of MOP fertiliser from Russia’s JSC Foreign Economic Corporation (Prodintorg).

The procurement, to be implemented by the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), is valued at Tk 154.89 crore, with each tonne priced at $360.53.

While 10 proposals were placed before the committee, several, including the procurement of pulses and telecom equipment for the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, were withdrawn.