<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Bangladesh will import 2.040 million (20.40 lakh) metric tons (MT) of refined petroleum from 7 state-owned entities from 6 countries for a six month period from January to June in 2023.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a virtual meeting approved a proposal of state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in this regard on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the proposal, placed by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, the BPC will import the bulk refined petroleum at a total cost of Tk 18,215.52 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the meeting which was virtually attended by the members of the committee.</div><div><br></div><div>However, no detail of the proposed refined petroleum import was disclosed by the authorities concerned.</div><div><br></div><div>Normally, Bangladesh annually needs to import about 6.633 million metric tons of refined and crude petroleum of which 5.233 is refined and remaining 1.4 million metric tons is crude oils for a year to meet its requirements. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>