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Article: Govt to import 13 lakh metric tons of food grains in current fiscal.
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- UNB - United News of Bangladesh
- Article date:
- March 3, 2009
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Sangsad Bhaban, Mar 3 (UNB) - The government has a plan to import 13 lakh metric tons of food grains in the current fiscal year, Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzak informed Parliament today (Tuesday).
Responding to a question from BNP lawmaker Jafrul Islam Chowdhury (Chittagong), he said the government has a plan to import eight lakh metric tons of wheat and five lakh metric tons of rice in the fiscal 2008-09.
The minister said that an agreement has already been signed to import three lakh metric tons of wheat.
The government so far imported four lakh metric tons of rice from India under the government-to-government import ...