Dhaka, Jan. 28 -- Direct government buy of edible oils and sugar from overseas sources is under consideration to secure timely and affordable supply of the essentials, sources said, especially to avert any crisis.

Government authorities have already started search for potential markets, especially South American countries like Brazil and Argentina, to import the two essential items under government-to- government (G2G) mechanism ahead of the month of Ramadan when market perennially gets overheated.

The move may create contact arrangement for the country's small private importers with the exporters of such items in the two nations.

As planned, the 10 million cardholders and lower-income families under the Trading Corporation of Banglade...