The Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority (BPPA) informed journalists about key aspects in the proposed Public Procurement Rules (PPR), 2025, at a workshop held in the conference room of the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), Ministry of Planning, in Dhaka, on 10 September 2025.

More than 50 journalists from national newspapers, television channels, online news portals, and news agencies attended the workshop, which was organized by BPPA and managed by the Bangladesh Center for Communication Programs (BCCP).

The event was part of BPPA’s ongoing series of stakeholder consultations on the proposed PPR, 2025, for over the past two months.

Secretary of IMED, Mr. Md Kamal Uddin, attended the programme as the chief guest, while BPPA’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Secretary, Mr. S. M. Moin Uddin Ahmed, presided over the session.

Mr. Shah Eyamin-Ul Islam, Director of BPPA, presented the important features of the proposed PPR, 2025, to the journalists. He has made presentations at each of the consultation workshops so far organized by BPPA on the subject.

The Secretary of IMED said that the workshop was organized to inform journalists about the ongoing public procurement reform process.

The CEO of BPPA explained the background, rationale, and necessity of the proposed PPR, 2025.

The draft PPR, 2025, has been prepared following the amendment of the Public Procurement Act, 2006, through the Public Procurement (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, published in the official gazette on 4 May 2025.

The existing Public Procurement Rules, 2008, requires revision to align it with the amended PPA, 2006. During the consultations, stakeholders suggested a wide range of changes, making it more practical to introduce an entirely new set of rules. Consequently, BPPA has drafted the proposed PPR, 2025.