Dhaka, June 17 -- The Bangladesh government has moved to import three more shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ease a fuel crunch triggered by the Iran war.

The shipmentss, bought through international quotations, will cost Tk 21.12 billion, slightly less than the price paid for similar volumes of LNG bought this month and last month.

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase gave "partial" approval to the proposal at its 27th meeting at the Secretariat on Wednesday, the finance ministry said.

It did not explain what the partial approval meant. Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury president over the meeting.

Singapore's Vitol Asia and Aramco Trading will each supply one of these shipments, while the UK's TotalEnerg...