DHAKA, Dec 24, 2025 (BSS) - In a determined effort to familiarize tenderers and procuring entities with the newly enacted Public Procurement Rules, 2025 (PPR, 2025), the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) conducted two awareness workshops, first at Ukhiya Upazila and the second in Cox’s Bazar district sadar today.

The workshops were held in a bid to comprehensively outlining the key provisions, innovations and compliance requirements of PPR, 2025. 

Chief Executive Officer (Secretary) of the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA), S. M. Moin Uddin Ahmed, and the BPPA Director Shah Eyamin-Ul Islam, also a national procurement trainer, attended the workshops today.

Shah Eyamin-Ul Islam made detailed presentations on the issues. The workshops drew participation from local procuring entities and tenderers, aiming to strengthen transparency, efficiency and competition in public procurement at the grassroots level, said a press release.

In Cox’s Bazar, the CEO of BPPA, who was present as the chief guest, told the participants that the compliance with the provisions of the amended Public Procurement Act, 2006 and the Public Procurement Rules, 2025 is a must. 

Elaborating on the importance of the PPR, 2025, he said the PPR, 2025 is very important to ensure transparency, efficiency and competition in the process of public procurement.

M. A. Mannan, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate presided over the session in the conference room of his office in Cox’s Bazar. At Ukhiya Upazila, the CEO was the chief guest and the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), Mohammad Kamrul Hossain Chowdhury chaired the session at the Upazila Parishad Auditorium. 

In both the workshops, Eyamin in his presentations highlighted various aspects of the newly enacted PPR, 2025.

The initiative reflects BPPA’s continued commitment to ensuring that procurement reforms are not confined to policy documents alone, but are effectively communicated and implemented across even the most remote regions of the country. 

Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP) facilitated the workshops as part of the ongoing efforts of the BPPA to create greater awareness about the PPR, 2025 in different districts and Upazilas of the country.