Finance advisor. Salehuddin Ahmed said, businessmen are strong enough. The business sector is quite complex. Breaking this complex thing is quite difficult.
In view of the fact that the supply of soybean oil in the market is not normal even after 9 days of raising the price by 8 taka per liter on Wednesday (December 18), he said these things in response to the questions of journalists after the meeting of the advisory council committee on government procurement at the secretariat.
Salehuddin Ahmed said soybeans may be somewhat tolerable. And I approve the proposal to buy lentils, because there is a need for lentils. Therefore, we are making sure that there are all the daily necessities till the fast – rice, dal, dates, chickpeas, soybean oil, sugar. Trying to make the market more bearable. But it will take time. Because most of them have to be imported. We are not delayed in unloading, but have to depend on outside for supply.
He said, we asked to import soybeans today. We want as much supply as possible from our side. In order to send a message to the traders.
The advisor said that the allegation that the market is not being monitored is not correct. In foreign countries everyone fixes the market, but here everyone sells after fixing the price in their interest.
Is the syndicate of traders so powerful? When asked such a question by journalists, the financial advisor said, definitely. The traders who are there are strong enough. Very big traders, middlemen or those who import directly, supply, while those who are agents, not only supply, but only give DO letter. This is a difficult thing to break.
