The printing cost for primary level textbooks for the 2026 academic year is set to increase by BDT 23 crore 67 lakh due to extended form printing requirements across 94 procurement lots. The proposal was recommended for approval on Thursday, November 12, 2026, during a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase chaired by Finance Minister Amir Khairul Mahmud Chowdhury.
Read nextFive More Witnesses Testify in Graft Case Against Fugitive Former IGP Benazir AhmedAccording to meeting sources, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education submitted a variation proposal for 94 out of 98 total lots designated for fourth and fifth-grade textbooks. Under the adjustment, 3,62,90,792 copies of textbooks will feature extended pages. The original contract value of BDT 187 crore 10 lakh 91 thousand will see an additional BDT 23 crore 67 lakh 68 thousand, bringing the revised contract total to approximately BDT 210 crore 78 lakh 60 thousand—representing a 12.65 percent increase over the original expenditure. Selected printing houses have been recommended to execute the expanded publishing work.
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