Minister of Commerce Tofail Ahmed, Minister of Agriculture Matia Chowdhury, Minister of Food Kamrul Islam and former Food Minister Abdur Razzak met with representatives from rice mill owners, importers, wholesalers and retailers to address the recent spike in rice prices. We will relax the use of plastic sacks for two to three months.”Rice imports from India through Rohonpur will also be allowed, said Tofail. Two rounds of floods that damaged crops and depletion of rice reserves have prompted the government to begin several rice import initiatives. It has also cut rice import duties by 24 percentage points to encourage private sector imports. “Rice prices will begin to fall in a few days.”

Source: bd News24 September 19, 2017 10:30 UTC