Cabinet Approvals: Diesel, Vaccines, and Bridges
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved in-principle a total of six proposals, including procurement of 3 lakh metric tons of diesel, EPI vaccines through UNICEF and construction of two major bridges under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative.
The approvals came from the 9th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs held at the Jatiya Sangsad with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.
According to the Cabinet Division, a total of six proposals from three ministries and divisions were placed and discussed in the meeting, and all were recommended for in-principle approval.
Following a proposal from the Health Services Division, the meeting approved it in principle to procure EPI vaccines directly through UNICEF to ensure uninterrupted supply of vaccines at the field level under the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in the 2025-26 fiscal year.
The committee also approved in principle two bridge construction projects under PPP initiative proposed by the Bridges Division.
One of the projects is the 'construction of a bridge over the Meghna River on the Shariatpur-Chandpur road', while the other is the 'construction of Bhola Bridge on Barisal-Bhola road over the Kalabador and Tetulia rivers'.
Meanwhile, the committee recommended in-principle approval of three proposals from the Energy and Mineral Resources Division to import 3 lakh metric tons of diesel to meet the country's emergency fuel demand amid unstable geopolitical situation following the situation in the Middle East.
Under the proposals, one lakh metric tons of EN590 10 PPM diesel will be imported from YAR Energy AG through direct procurement method under international purchase.
Another one lakh metric tons of 10-50 PPM diesel will be imported from K & R International Trading Company through direct procurement.
Besides, one lakh metric tons of EN590 10 PPM sulfur diesel will be imported from M/s Sikder International through direct procurement.
The emergency fuel import has been approved to ensure uninterrupted energy supply in the country in the context of global geopolitical instability.
