50,000 tonnes of Indian boiled rice being imported via railway for the first time
Bangladesh government will
import 50,000 tonnes of boiled rice from India through railway for the first
time.
Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs and Purchase approved the proposal at a meeting chaired by Finance
Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today.
After the meeting, Shahida
Akhter, additional secretary of the Cabinet Division, briefed reporters
virtually.
Shahida said that the rice will
be imported fast through the railway for the first time from India's Kolkata.
Saurav Industries Ltd will
supply the rice at Tk USD 386 per tonne. The estimated price will be Tk 32.73
per kg, the secretary said.