Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the Ministry of Food to import additional food grains from countries other than the usual ones in order to ensure food security in Bangladesh.
The prime minister provided the directive at a cabinet meeting held at her office on Sunday.
Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam confirmed the development at a briefing held after the meeting.
“We’ve signed agreements with five countries, namely Russia, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, to import food grains. At today’s (Sunday) meeting, the prime minister has told us to keep some other sources ready so that no complexities arise at the last moment,” said the cabinet secretary.
He added that there is no problem in importing food from Russia.
“According to the Ministry of Food, the country’s current stock of food grains is more than 1.9 million metric tons. We’re in a comfortable situation in terms of the speculated food crisis in November,” added the cabinet secretary.
