C T Online Desk: A shipment of 9,500 metric tonnes of parboiled rice from India arrived at Chattogram port this morning.
The rice was imported aboard the vessel MV YOUNG SHENG 151under an international open tender agreement (Package-5) signed on January 15, according to a press release from the Ministry of Food.
Under the agreement, Bangladesh is importing 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 added.
