The government will be able to supply onions and sugar imported from India to the market before Ramadan, State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu said on Sunday.
“A proposal for importing 50,000 tons of onions and 100,000 tons of sugar was sent to India, and [Dhaka] got assurance from them about 20,000 tons of onions and 50,000 tons of sugar, but we hope we will be able to import products according to our demand,” he said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat.
The foreign minister got assurance from India about onions and sugar supply and “we will get good news over it within Thursday,” he said.
Besides, the government is trying to import daily essentials from other neighbouring countries, he said.
A meeting of the task force committee will be held on Tuesday, said the state minister, adding the prices of edible oils are expected to be refixed in the meeting.
The government will ensure market monitoring at the field level during Ramadan and after fixing the prices of edible oils it will take measures to prevent price increases, he added.
