Dhaka, June 24 -- The government is importing two liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from the international spot market to shore up energy supplies amid disruptions linked to the conflict between the United States and Iran.

It will spend Tk 13.55 billion on these shipments imported through international quotations, which is slightly less than the average cost imported LNG shipments bought in the past two months.

As tensions in West Asia deepened, fuel prices spiked, with the average price of an LNG shipment hitting around Tk 8 billion.

The average cost per shipment in the latest purchase on Wednesday is less than Tk 7 billion.

The proposal won "partial" approval at the 28th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase at t...