Government to Buy 110,000 Tonnes of Fertiliser From Three Countries
The government has decided to import 110,000 tonnes of MOP, DAP and urea fertiliser from Belarus, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.
The government has decided to import 110,000 tonnes of MOP, DAP and urea fertiliser from Belarus, Morocco and Saudi Arabia.
The government will import 40,000 tonnes of DAP and 30,000 tonnes of TSP fertiliser from Morocco at a cost of about Tk 688.7 crore.
The government will spend Tk 445.60 crore on 2 crore litres of refined palm olein and 10,000 tonnes of lentils for subsidised sale to one crore low-income families.
Bangladesh will spend Tk 2,695 crore on 365,000 tonnes of urea, MOP, DAP and TSP fertiliser from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Morocco, Canada and KAFCO in the 2026-27 fiscal year.
The cabinet committee on government purchase has approved importing 35,000 tonnes of muriate of potash fertiliser from Russia to meet farm demand.
The government will buy 30,000 tonnes of bagged granular urea from Karnaphuli Fertilizer Company (KAFCO) in the first lot for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
CropsOn 22 July 2026 the cabinet committee on government purchase approved buying 1 crore 60 lakh hessian jute sacks, at a cost of Tk 111 crore 6 lakh 400, to store and bag grain in the 2026 domestic Boro procurement drive.
A programme to plant 25 crore trees across the country over the next five years will create about 3.5 lakh direct and indirect green jobs, the finance minister said in his budget speech.