Staff Correspondent:

A ship carrying 9,500 tonnes of parboiled rice from India has arrived at Chattogram Port under an international open tender agreement signed on 15 January this year.

Under the open tender agreement, a total of 4.5 lakh tonnes of rice is being imported from India in nine packages. Of this, around 2.97 tonnes have already arrived in the country, according to a press release from the Ministry of Food issued on Thursday (March 27).

The sample testing of the rice on the vessel has been completed, and unloading operations will commence soon. Necessary preparations have been made to facilitate the process, the press release said.