Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has taken measures to ensure food security for the people of the country considering the possible impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’ve taken various measures to ensure food security for the people of the country,” she told Parliament participating in discussions on the condolence motion over the death of sitting MP and former land minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif.
“We’ve no scarcity of food and won’t have either. But we should continue our agricultural production,” she said adding that the government will provide farmers loans at 4 percent interest to continue production.
Sheikh Hasina said the government has taken plans and steps to keep the country’s economy moving and vibrant in the next three years so that the people of Bangladesh will never suffer in the case of worldwide famine triggered by coronavirus pandemic.