Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh needs to produce more quality agricultural products and thus export those following the international standard and maintaining hygiene.
The premier said this in a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday.
The prime minister joined the meeting virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence while ministers and state ministers joined the meeting from the NEC Conference Room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area. Planning Commission members and secretaries concerned were present.
Planning Minister MA Mannan briefed reporters after the meeting.
He said the prime minister also laid emphasis on modernising and upgrading the operations of the biogas plants.
Referring to the approval of a project designed to transform the plant quarantine laboratory to an international standard one at the central packing house with Tk 156.36 crore, State Minister for Planning Dr Shamsul Alam said the export volume of agricultural products of Bangladesh is now hovering over $ 1 billion.
Under the circumstances, he said this project would modernise the laboratory with an addition of modern equipment and the latest technology which would further expedite the export of agricultural products. “This is a very time befitting project,” he added.
