The government has approved a proposal to construct a 12-storey government office building with three basements in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, at a cost of Tk 108.70 crore. The approval came at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury. The proposal, presented by the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, was one of 11 discussed, with one withdrawn by the Power Division.

According to meeting sources, the project titled “Construction of a 12-storey office building with three basements, internal sanitary, water supply and electrification works in the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar administrative area” will be implemented under package W-02 by the Public Works Department. The project, approved by ECNEC on November 9, 2023, will run from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, funded entirely by the government.

Other approvals included importing 20 million liters of refined soybean oil for low-income families, purchasing vehicles for RAB, buying three LNG cargoes, approving additional costs for Jagannath University’s new campus, and sanctioning new power sub-station projects in Dhaka and Mymensingh.