Online Desk : The first consignment of 690 metric tonnes (MT) of parboiled rice from India will reach at Chattogram Port early Thursday to tame the local market. The Ministry of Commerce informed this through a press release on Wednesday. It said Indian vessel MV TANAIS DREAM will anchor at the sea port around 5:30AM.
It is the first consignment of rice imports from India since Dr Muhammad Yunus-led interim government assumed office under a deal inked between the countries on November 11. It stated that after the physical test the consignment will be released soon.