BD to export surplus rice to India: FM

After Sri Lanka, Bangladesh now wants to export rice to neighbouring India from its bulging stock. “We’re going to export rice to India, too. We’ve some surplus rice and more new rice stock is being added to,” Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali told reporters at the Foreign Ministry Monday. He, however, did not mention the quantity of rice to be exported to India. “The rice will be exported to Tripura as they need rice right now… discussions are on about it.” The Foreign Minister said exporting rice to Sri Lanka is a big success. “The first consignment of 25000 MT was exported on Sunday.”
State-run Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC)’s cargo ship ‘Banglar Kakoli’ carried the rice from the Chittagong Port to Colombo, according to a news agency.