Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said the interim government has been taking required steps to keep adequate supply of edible oil during the forthcoming holy month of Ramadan, stressing that there is no crisis in the market right now.
“We don’t think there is any crisis of soybean oil in the market,” he said while briefing the media in the evening,
Keeping in mind the Ramadan market, the Press Secretary said there have been series of meetings with the key importers so that there is no shortage of supply during Ramadan.
Alam said they have been intensively monitoring the international prices of edible oil. “We are putting in our best efforts so that people get soybean and palm oil at an affordable price,” he added.
CA’s Deputy Press Secretaries Apurba Jahangir and Abul Kalam Azad Majumder were also present at the media briefing at Foreign Service Academy.