There is no possibility of having impact of coronavirus on the prices of essential commodities as Bangladesh has sufficient stock and supply of all products, government officials said, reports BSS.
They told an inter-ministerial meeting that garment industry in the country is facing some problems in supply chain due to coronavirus, but there is no negative impact on the export of readymade garment (RMG) products.
Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus presided over the high level inter-ministerial meeting on 'Prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and fixing measures to face the impact of Coronavirus on Bangladesh's Economy' at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the city, an official of the PMO said on Wednesday.
Finance Secretary Abdur Rouf Talukder, Senior Secretary of the Banking and Financial Institutions Division Md Ashadul Islam, Commerce Secretary Dr Md Jafar Uddin, Internal Resources Secretary and National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md Rahmatul Muneem, Bangladesh Bank deputy governor and senior officials of the different ministries, divisions and departments attended the meeting.
Dr Kaikaus asked the health ministry to ensure 100 per cent thermal scanning at different borders and airports, including Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport, for inbound passengers from different countries, including China.
He put emphasis on making short, medium and long term contingency plans and implementing the plans in stipulated time and continuing the increasing trend of import, export and remittance for achieving the target of economic growth.
Abdur Rouf expressed his hope that the country will achieve higher growth in the current fiscal year due to increasing investment in the economic zones and ongoing mega projects.
Jafar Uddin said the importers of the country had issued import orders for machinery, raw materials and chemicals of garment industry and onion, garlic, ginger and other essential commodities before the Chinese New Year.
"Bangladesh is also importing essential commodities from India, Myanmar, Turkey and Egypt. So there is sufficient supply and stock of essential commodities in the market," he added.
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