Myanmar will export more than 20,000 tonnes of long-grain white rice with five per cent broken to Bangladesh, according to the Ministry of Commerce.The MV VTC Ocean which is currently

Myanmar started the exportation of 21,300 tonnes of high-grade rice to Bangladesh by MV VTC Ocean ship, which docked at Sule Port of Yangon under the agreement of the two

Cost of rising rice demandHowever, as rice demands increase, so do prices. Increased rice use is also leading to unintended consequences, as countries like Liberia are experiencing a rice shortage,

MUMBAI/HANOI/ BANGKOK/DHAKA: Vietnamese rice export prices rose this week driven by robust demand, while rates for the grain shipped out from top exporter India eased on a plunge in the

Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam has the name of the variety should be written on the sack while bagging the rice at the rice mill. No rice can be sold

The government should set up a hybrid paddy research facility alongside the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) to break the private sector’s monopoly on the seed market and increase rice

Truckloads of rice from India started crossing into Bangladesh through land ports a day after the government slashed import duty on the staple. On Sunday, the government cut regulatory duty

A strange Indian angle has emerged in a variety of rice sold in premium stores across Bangladesh, counted among one of the world’s top rice-producing nations.

When Doli Barman founded the first food bank in Kawapara village in northern Bangladesh two years ago, she wanted to make sure her community would be safe from hunger in times of crisis.

Rice has witnessed a further hike in the past two days, adding woes to the commoners who are already reeling from the skyrocketing trend of most commodities.