Infrastructure, education projects worth over Tk190cr get govt nod

The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase on Tuesday approved several proposals for public infrastructure and education sector development projects.

The Advisers Council Committee gave the approval at a meeting at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at the Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed the chair.

The committee approved construction project under the Bangladesh Folk Art and Crafts Foundation at an estimated cost of around Tk31.88 crore.

MN Huda Construction Limited was selected as the responsive bidder for the work.

It also recommended approved a proposal to construct a six-storey academic circle building at the permanent campus of Bangladesh Maritime University in Chattogram.

The project, placed by the Secondary and Higher Education Division, will be implemented at an estimated cost of around Tk158.87 crore.

The construction will be carried out by a joint venture of The Civil Engineers Limited and Sheltech Engineering Limited.

Meanwhile, the committee cancelled a tender for the construction of a new multi-storey Circuit House building in Dhaka.

The proposal for cancellation was placed by the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.