Navy gets land development work unsolicited

Bangladesh Navy was awarded land development work of Mirersarai Economic Zone at a cost of Tk 218 crore.
The cabinet committee on national purchase at a meeting at the secretariat endorsed the unsolicited proposal from Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority aiming at completing the works in 10 months to attract foreign direct investment there.  Cabinet division additional secretary Mostafiur Rahman at a briefing said that the meeting, with finance minister AMA Muhith in the chair, also approved 12 other proposals
with an overall involvement of Tk 3,317.48 crore.

Other proposals accepted through the committee consist of construction of roads in the proposed coal-fired plant at Matarbari at a cost of Tk 320.2 crore, appointment of consultant in JICA-funded venture on governance in upazilas at a fee of Tk 48.84 core, construction of silos at a price of Tk 960.3 crore to be financed via the World Bank and construction of two roads in Chittagong at a price of Tk 113 crore.
The committee additionally authorized electricity purchase thought from a Hong Kong-based consortium from the proposed 1,240 megawatt coal based totally power plant at Mirersarai at Tk 6.51 per unit for 25 years and development of two gasoline primarily based rental strength flowers in Kumargaon and Shahzibazar, every of which would generate 54MW electricity.