Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- An Indian multi-state cooperative federation seeks the prime minister's intervention to supply different commodities to Bangladesh from the neighbouring nation.

The National Federation of Farmers' Procurement Processing and Retailing Cooperatives of India Ltd (NACOF) has recently sought faster steps to this end.

Earlier, it proposed the issue to the food minister during the prime minister's visit last September.

It is keen to supply sugar, onion and other commodities from India at reasonable rates as Bangladesh has floated international tenders to import food items for domestic consumption.

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh has invited bidders to import soybean oil, rice, sugar, lentil and other products from inte...