Text of report headlined "Food budget to bloat by 120 per cent" published by Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star website on 9 June [By Rejaul Karim Byron] The government is increasing budgetary allocation for food by 120 per cent in the coming fiscal year [FY] 2008-09, the major chunk of which will be spent for providing the poor with low-price food and keeping market prices stable.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya said on Sunday it had suspended four regional officials for mismanagement of aid in its drought-stricken north where there have been reports of people stealing and selling sacks of food relief.