Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday said the government has no restrictions barring it from importing food products from Russia and Ukraine or any other country.
The minister was talking to the media after a top-level government meeting on the import of food grains and products held at the Secretariat.
He said the import of food products was discussed in detail, and there is no national or international issue regarding this.
The minister said: “The overall condition of the food stock of the country was discussed along with exports today but the matter of fuel oil did not come up.”
“There are globally 24 banks from where Bangladesh can import food with dollars if necessary,” said Tipu.
Regarding the dollar crisis, he said:” The matter of finding a lower rate of dollar is a different matter and we did not discuss it.”
