'No Restriction on the Import of Food from Russia'

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said that there is no restriction on the import of food from Russia and Ukraine. Bangladesh can import food from these two countries with dollars through 24 banks of the world.

He said these things in the meeting held at the cabinet department on Thursday afternoon regarding the country's food import and storage and the problem of imports from Ukraine-Russia.

At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Commerce told reporters that two issues were discussed in the meeting. Discussion on food import problems from Russia and Ukraine and the overall food situation in the country.

He also said that from now there is no problem importing food from Russia and Ukraine.

In response to a question, he said that efforts are being made to increase exports in the pharmaceutical sector and efforts are being made to increase dollar income from other sectors as well.

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said that there was a discussion on a relaxed import and relaxed payment system. Wheat and rice will continue to arrive very soon.

He also said that various food-friendly programs including OMS will be started across the country from September 1. Under this program, TCB card holders can also buy 10 kg of rice at a cheap price. Due to these food-friendly programs the price of rice will stabilize soon.