Staff Reporter
The Advisers Committee on Public Purchase at a meeting yesterday approved a proposal for procurement of 74,000 metric tonnes of rice and 33,000 tonnes of wheat from local suppliers.
According to the proposal placed by the Food Ministry at the meeting, the local traders will supply the rice at rates between Tk 26.77 and Tk 27.95 per kg from their imported stock while wheat at rates between Tk 30.68 and Tk 30.88 per kg.
The price of the 74,000 metric tons of rice will be Tk 203.38 crore while that of the 33,000 tons of wheat Tk 101.46 crore. [Read more]