Bangladesh will buy 100,000 tonnes of white rice at $442 per tonne, Food Minister Qamrul Islam told the media in Dhaka on Monday. Food Minister Qamrul Islam. The import duty on rice was also revised down to 2 percent from 26 percent. Government data, often lower than market prices, shows an 18 percent rise in a month while 50 percent in a year. 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.

Source: bd News24 September 18, 2017 10:14 UTC