A shipment of 9,500 tons of parboiled rice from India arrived at Chittagong port on Thursday morning.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Food, the rice was imported aboard the vessel MV Young Sheng 151 under an international open tender agreement (Package-5).
As part of this agreement, Bangladesh is importing a total of 450,000 tons of rice in nine consignments, of which 297,269 tons have already been delivered, the release said.
Samples from the latest shipment have been tested, and unloading operations will commence soon, the release added.
