36,000 tonnes of rice comes from India 

About 36,100 tonnes of parboiled rice has come from India.

A vessel carrying 36,100 tonnes of parboiled rice arrived at Chattogram port under an open tender agreement on Saturday, according to a press release from the food ministry.

The consignment is part of a government deal to import a total of 4.5 lakh tonnes of rice from India in nine packages, according to the press release signed by Imdad Islam, senior information officer and public relations officer of the ministry.

So far, 3.17 lakh tonnes of rice have reached Bangladesh under this agreement, it added.

Unloading of the cargo began in the afternoon after the rice samples were tested, said an official of the Controller of Movement and Storage office.