Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the Food Ministry to import additional food grains from countries other than the usual ones in order to ensure food security in the country.
The PM provided the directive at a cabinet meeting held at her office today (September 4, 2022).
Cabinet Secretary Khondker Anwarul Islam confirmed the development at a briefing held after the meeting.
โWeโve signed agreements with five countries, namely Russia, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, to import food grains. At todayโs meeting, the PM has told us to keep some other sources ready so that no complexities arise at the last moment,โ said the Cabinet Secretary.
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Anwarul added that there is no problem in importing food from Russia.
โAccording to the Food Ministry, the countryโs current stock of food grains is more than 19 lakh metric tons. Weโre in a comfortable situation in terms of the speculated food crisis in November,โ added the Cabinet Secretary.
Source: United News of Bangladesh