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Staff Reporter

As an effort to augment stock of rice, in these days of price spiral, the government is going to procure another 50,000 tones of non-basmati boiled cereal through international tender.

A proposal of the Ministry of Food in this regard will be placed before the Advisory Committee on government purchase today for approval of the procurement.

The government in the recent past has procured large volume of rice and launched open market sale to reduce the burden of price hike on low-income people. However, the OMS and other initiative of the government failed to bring any change in the price line of rice.

Sources said that, the today's meeting of the Advisers Committee will also consider purchase proposal of 184 million pieces of metal coin of Tk 2 denomination. The committee will also be proposed to approve import proposal of 15,000 tones of rock-phosphate for the TSP complex of BCIC.

The committee will also be proposed to consider the tender for purchase of 4,000-metre modular pin system portable steel bridge through international open tendering method.

Sources said, the committee will further be requested to approve purchase of 1,12,50,000 pieces of bag to pack the foodgrains by the department of food. Approval of tender for earth filing at Uttara Adarsha Residential City (third phase) will also be proposed in the Cabinet Committee meeting.