Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- The Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase on Wednesday gave approval of several import proposals involving key agricultural inputs and infrastructure projects aimed at strengthening the country's fertiliser supply chain and storage facilities.

The meeting of the committee, held at Bangladesh Secretariat, was virtually chaired by Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed.

According to official sources, the committee has endorsed a proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture to import 40,000 metric tonnes of DAP fertiliser from OCP Nutricrops, Morocco under the seventh lot of an existing state-level agreement between the two countries.

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The import, to be executed by the B...