Bangladesh: Government to procure 10,000 tonnes of sugar, 8,000 tonnes of lentil

The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring some 10,000 metric tonnes of sugar and 8,000 metric tonnes of lentil to meet the growing demand of the country.The approval came from the 6th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase this year held at the Cabinet Division at Bangladesh secretariat with finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in the chair.Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Division secretary (coordination and reforms) Md Mahmudul Hossain Khan said that the day’s meeting approved a total of 13 proposals.He informed that following a proposal from the ministry of commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh would procure some 10,000 metric tonnes of sugar from the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation under direct procurement method considering the growing demand in the ongoing month of Ramadan with Tk 160 crore where per kg sugar would cost Tk 160.Mahmudul said that the TCB would also procure 8,000 ...