Govt to procure 20,000 tonne lentils Frome Nabil Naba Food Products Ltd

The government on Wednesday approved proposals for procuring 20,000 tonnes of lentils to meet the growing demand of the country.

The approvals came from the maiden meeting of the purchase committee of the interim government with Adviser on Ministries of Finance and Commerce Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair held at the Cabinet Division conference room at Bangladesh Secretariat here in the morning.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, the Finance Adviser said the day's meeting approved a total of four proposals for procuring fertilizer and lentil.

"We won't allow declining the supply of fertilizer in the country," he said.

Dr Salehuddin also informed that the consignments of lentil would be brought to the country as early as possible.

In response to another proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure 20,000 tonnes of lentil from Nabil Naba Food Products Ltd. Dhaka under local Open Tender Method (OTM) with around Taka 203.72 crore with per kilogram of lentil costing Tk 101.86.