Stressing the importance of ensuring food security for all, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the people of Bangladesh must not suffer from food scarcity as a fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

"In this pandemic, we faced a cyclone, floods and other [problems], we've to live this way. But we've to ensure food security so that each and every person gets food at his or her home," she said.

The PM said this while speaking at an international seminar virtually from her official residence Gono Bhaban, marking the World Food Day, jointly organised by the agriculture ministry and Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) at a city hotel.

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