(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia) Dhaka, September 19( BDNews24/newsin.asia): Ironically, Bangladesh will be importing 100,000 mt of rice from Myanmar to meet a surging demand for the cereal following the heavy influx of Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar. Bangladesh is facing a shortage also because of the destruction of the last rice crop due to flooding. The import duty on rice was also revised down to 2 percent from 26 percent. To adjust the market prices, the government has doubled the price of rice for its open market sale or OMS to Tk 30 per kilogram. (The featured picture at the top shows Bangladesh Food Minister Qamrul Islam talking to the medua)MENAFN1909201701910000ID1095874968

Source: bd News24 September 19, 2017 03:22 UTC