Govt to import 200,000 MT rice from Myanmar

The government has approved a proposal to import 200,000 metric tons of rice from Myanmar under under a G-to-G contract.

Agriculture Minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque presided over the meeting due to non-availability of Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday (September 7). Cabinet members, senior secretaries and top officials attended the meeting.

Sources said, the Cabinet committee also approved proposals on import of a total of 115,000 metric tons of fertilisers.

The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) also approved a proposal to import 25 thousand metric tons of TSP fertilizer from GCT of Tunisia and Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC).