Dhaka, Feb. 20 -- The Advisory Council on Government Procurement has approved importing 50,000 tonnes of parboiled, non-Basmati, rice from India.

At its meeting on Thursday, the Council endorsed the purchase from Bagadiya Brothers at a price of $ 434.55 per tonne.

Finance Advisor Salehuddin Ahmed attended the session.

Earlier, on Feb 19, a vessel carrying 23,000 tonnes of Atap rice imported from Myanmar arrived at Chattogram Port under a government-to-government agreement.

This shipment was part of a total 105,000-tonne rice import plan with Myanmar.

WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION APPROVED

The Council also approved a project to construct warehouses for fertiliser storage and distribution.

Under this plan to build 34 "buffer warehouses" in ...