Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- The government on Wednesday approved separate proposals for procuring 80,000 mt of fertiliser, 1.20 crore liters of soybean oil, 50,000 mt of boiled rice and 12,500 mt of sugar to meet the growing demand for the country.

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

Briefing reporters after the meeting, the Finance Adviser said in the Purchase Committee meeting regular matters came up for discussions like the government has decided to import sugar as the holy month of Ramadan is approaching.

"We've also decided to import soybean oil although there isn't ...