, June 24 -- The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved procurement proposals involving consultancy services, infrastructure development, port operations, youth skills development and LNG imports, with contracts worth several thousand crore Taka.

The approval came at the committee's 28th meeting of this year with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.

The committee approved the purchase of two LNG cargoes through the international Request for Quotation (RFQ) process .

The Energy and Mineral Resources Division proposed the procurement of LNG cargoes worth approximately Tk 1,356 crore.

One LNG cargo will be supplied by Aramco Trading Singapore Pte. Ltd, while the other will be supplied...