Rice import from Myanmar begins

Rice import from Myanmar started again Monday after a one-and-a-half-year break under a crash course to bring down the soaring prices of the staple on the domestic market. An official said, 7,400 kgs of rice in 148 sacks were released on the first day through the land port on Teknaf border. Border sources said that as Aman harvest began in the neighbouring country, their government permitted the export of rice to Bangladesh. — UNB