UNB, Dhaka
The government will have to import about 10 lakh metric tons of rice as the current food stock will shrink from March, the Food and Disaster Management Secretary said Monday, against the backdrop of huge crop losses in calamities.
Briefing reporters on the cyclone ‘Sidr’ and its aftermath at the ministry, Secretary Mohammad Ayub Mia said that, under the circumstances, it would be useful for Bangladesh if donor countries offered aid in terms of food.
He requested donor countries which want to donate rice to Bangladesh in aid of the calamity victims to buy it from outside market. [Read more]