Shipment of 9,500 tonnes of parboiled rice from India arrived at Chattogram port this morning. Photo : PID

DHAKA, March 27, 2025 (BSS) - A shipment of 9,500 tonnes of parboiled rice 
from India arrived at Chattogram port this morning.

The rice was imported aboard the vessel MV YOUNG SHENG 151 under an 
international open tender agreement (Package-5), 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 also said.