DHAKA, March 30, 2023 (BSS) - The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a proposal for signing a 10-year contract with Intraco Refueling Station Ltd for supplying the gas generated by Sundarban Gas Company Ltd (SGCL) in Bhola to the various industries in Dhaka.
 
Initially, 5 MMCFD gas will be transported through cylinders in various industries of Dhaka while 20 MMCFD gas will be transported later through cylinders after meeting the local demand.

The approval came from the 8th meeting of the CCEA this year held today virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.
 
Briefing reporters after the meeting virtually, Cabinet Division additional secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan said that the meeting approved a total of three proposals.
 
He said that the day's CCEA meeting approved two similar proposals from the ICT Division.
 
Mahbub said that the meeting approved in principle the draft of the PPP agreement with private investment firm Summit Communications Ltd for setting up high-speed internet connections and maintaining related internet infrastructures, upgradation, replacement, operation and revenue sharing at some 1,293 unions under the project for "National ICT Infrastructure Development (Info Sarkar 3rd phase) , 3rd revised.
 
He said that the meeting approved another proposal in principle to ink agreement with another private investment firm, Fibre At Home Ltd, for setting up high-speed internet connections and maintaining related internet infrastructures, upgradation, replacement, operation and revenue sharing at some 1,307 unions under the same project.