9,500 tonnes of rice from India arrives at Ctg port

A shipment of 9,500 tonnes of parboiled rice from India arrived at Chattogram port this morning.

A press release from the Ministry of Food has been issued in this regard on Thursday (March 27).

The rice was imported aboard the vessel MV YOUNG SHENG 151 under an international open tender agreement (Package-5), according to the release.

Under the agreement, Bangladesh has inked a deal to import a total of 450,000 tonnes of rice in nine consignments, of which 297,269 tonnes have already arrived.

Samples from the latest shipment have been tested, and unloading operations will begin soon, the release also said.