Dhaka, May 24 -- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Saturday recommended in principle a proposal to procure Vitamin A capsules through the direct procurement method (DPM) from the United Nations Children's Fund to ensure uninterrupted supply of the supplements across the country.

The recommendation came at the committee's 15th meeting this year, held at the Cabinet Division conference room at the Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.

According to officials, the proposal submitted by the Health Services Division sought policy approval for procuring Vitamin A capsules of 200,000 IU and 100,000 IU through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) under the DPM system to maintain...