Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals to procure around 30,000 metric tonnes of urea fertiliser and over 27.15 crore litres of refined soybean oil to meet the country's growing demand.

The approvals came from a meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at the Secretariat with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.

Following a proposal from the Ministry of Commerce, the committee recommended procuring over 27.15 litres of refined soybean oil from the international market through the Direct Procurement Method (DPM) from NSRIC Green Supplies of Canada at a cost of around Tk 357 crore.

The move aims to ensure adequate domestic supp...