Dhaka, May 20 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved a series of important proposals, including changes in the implementation model of a major inland container depot project and expedited procedures for government-to-government (G2G) food grain imports under emergency arrangements.

In a meeting held at the Secretariat with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair, the committee discussed a proposal from the Ministry of Railways regarding the "Construction of a new Inland Container Depot (ICD) near Dhirasram Railway Station." The committee decided to withdraw the project from the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) list in its construction phase.

However, it gave in-principle approval for implem...