{"id":1264,"date":"2020-09-01T22:34:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2020-09-01T22:34:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:49:55","slug":"pm-oli-seeks-support-of-bangladesh-for-urgent-supply-amidst-nationwide-shortage-of-urea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=1264","title":{"rendered":"PM Oli seeks support of Bangladesh for urgent supply amidst nationwide shortage of urea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KATHMANDU-\u00a0 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has sought the support of Bangladesh to address Nepal\u2019s current shortage of fertilizer. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a telephone conversation with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina, on Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Oli requested her for an \u2018urgent supply\u2019 of urea to Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kpsharmaoli\/status\/1300765638193868803?s=20\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tweet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> following the telephone conversation, Prime Minister Oli also informed that his request was taken positively by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Hasina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis afternoon, I had fruitful discussion over telephone with Prime Minister of Bangladesh HE #SheikhHasina on various aspects of Nepal- Bangladesh relations. She has positively taken my request for the urgent supply of urea for this crop season,\u201d wrote Prime Minister Oli in his tweet, which was followed by another one where he stated that they also discussed enhancing cooperation between the two countries on various issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe underlined the need for enhancing cooperation between our two countries on trade, energy and transit among others,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Oli had reached out to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh for support in supplying urea as farmers across Nepal have been facing an acute shortage of the chemical fertilizer during the cropping season of paddy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nation-wide shortage of urea has also prompted many farmers to seek the fertilizer in the black market at exorbitant prices.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the government-owned Agriculture Input Company had provided contracts to two companies for the import of 50,000 metric tons of urea, the delay in the supply has affected millions of farmers across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU-\u00a0 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has sought the support of Bangladesh to address Nepal\u2019s current shortage of fertilizer. 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