Additional Cabinet Secretary Abu Saleh Mostafa Kamal briefed the media online after the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase approved the proposal in a meeting on Wednesday. Law Minister Anisul Huq chaired the meeting as Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is abroad. The recommended bidder to supply the rice is PK Agri Link Pvt Ltd of West Bengal. Bangladesh will buy the rice at total $20.8 million or $416 per tonne. The committee also approved a proposal to import 25,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser at Tk 546.8 million from Qatar’s Muntajat in the ongoing fiscal year.

Source: bd News24 December 02, 2020 13:41 UTC