26,000 metric tonnes of rice arrive from Pakistan

A consignment of 26, 250 metric tonnes of rice arrived at Chittagong Port from Pakistan on Saturday.

The Pakistani vessel named ‘MV MARIAM’ carrying the rice under the Government-to-Government (G2G) deal anchored at Chittagong Port in the morning.

Public Relations Officer of the Food Ministry Imdad Islam confirmed the matter.

The unloading of the rice started after conducting the sample test, it said.