Bangladesh, Nov. 12 -- Ensuring greater transparency, accountability, equal treatment and open competition in government purchases are envisaged in a proposed recast of the public-procurement law.

Advertisement The Public Procurement (Second Amendment) Bill 2026, with this end in view, was placed in parliament on Wednesday.

Finance Minister Ameer Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury tabled the bill and later it was sent to the standing committee concerned for further scrutiny.

The Public Procurement Act, which serves as the principal legal framework for government procurement, has so far been amended six times.

The latest amendment was made through the Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance 2026, promulgated on September 21, 2026.

The ordinanc...