Eggs to be imported if necessary to control price hike: Tipu

Eggs to be imported if necessary to control price hike: Tipu

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today said the government would import eggs if the price of the low-cost source of protein keeps an upward trend.
"Import of eggs will be allowed in coordination with the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock if the price of eggs cannot be controlled," he said while talking to reporters after inaugurating the sales of products, including rice among one crore family card-holders belonging to low-income groups under an initiative of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), said a press release.
The state-run agency organised the event at Mohammadpur Town Hall in the city.