Dhaka: Country’s food grain stock has reached a record high, surpassing 2.2 million metric tonnes, marking the highest level in six years, as announced by Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder today. He highlighted the achievement during a press briefing held at the food ministry, emphasizing the success in ensuring food security.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the present food grain stock exceeds the target for the country’s safe food grain stock, with the government food warehouses currently holding over 22.1 lakh tonnes. This is nearly 8.34 lakh tonnes more compared to the stock during the same period last year. Majumder noted that the safe food stock target is set at 13.5 lakh tonnes, underscoring the achievement as a milestone for the interim government as it comes to the end of its tenure.
The press briefing was attended by senior officials, including land ministry senior secretary ASM Saleh Ahmed and food secretary M Feroz Sarker. Majumder expressed satisfaction with the current stock levels and emphasized that the new government can make decisions without urgency, thanks to this achievement.
A comparative report of food stocks over the last six years, from 2021 to 2026, was also presented. The report revealed that as of February 10, the country’s rice stock was over 18.76 lakh tonnes, wheat was over 3.22 lakh tonnes, and paddy was over 1.07 lakh tonnes. The data showed that the food grain stock in 2021 was only 6.69 lakh tonnes, peaked at 20.09 lakh tonnes in 2022 and 20.26 lakh tonnes in 2023, but declined to 16.84 lakh tonnes and 13.76 lakh tonnes in 2024 and 2025, respectively.