By this time, the price of coarse rice in the retail market has dropped only Tk 5-6 to Tk 46 per kg. According to Department of Agriculture Marketing data, coarse rice was sold at Tk 40-42.5 per kg on Thursday in the wholesale market. On Friday, he said Miniket was being sold at Tk 51-52 per kg, BR-28 at Tk 45-46, BR-29 at Tk 45, and coarse rice at Tk 39 per kg in their market. North Badda's Sheikh Helal Uddin at Shikdar Rice Agency said they were selling a 50-kg sack of Miniket rice at Tk 2,600-2,620 and Najirshail at Tk 2,440-2,450. A 50-kg sack of Indian coarse rice was being sold at Tk 2,160-2,180 and BR-28 at Tk 2,300, he added.

Source: bd News24 July 14, 2017 17:41 UTC