Bangladesh began buying 200,000 tonnes of rice and paddy from local farmers on Tuesday to boost emergency food stocks to 3 million tonnes in the fiscal year to June 2009, officials said.

Bangladesh, the fourth biggest rice-producing country in the world, produces around 39 million tons of rice annually to feed its 170 million people, with 130 lab-developed high-yielding varieties.

According to trade sources, Raipur-based rice exporter has bagged the tender to supply 50,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh at $ 393.30 per tonnes.

According to official data, the Boro procurement target in Patuakhali has been set at 1,925 metric tonnes of paddy and 5,695 metric tonnes of rice. So far, 1,925 tonnes of paddy and 4,997 tonnes ...

The Ministry of Food and other government oversight bodies are set to launch a nationwide drive to crack down on rice and paddy hoarders based on information uncovered by the detectives as prices ...

Bangladesh’s resilient farmers recouped the 2017 devastating flood-induced crop damages by growing more rice over the last few growing seasons including the current Boro. ... On March 31 this year the ...

BRRI director general said, farmers are frequently facing acute loss in paddy production due to impact of adverse impact of ...

Bangladesh imported 634,000 T in first 11 months this year; ... India on Wednesday raised the price at which it will buy new-season common rice paddy from farmers by 7% to 2,183 rupees per 100 kg.

He managed to make about 215,000 taka ($2,000), up from the 80,000-odd taka he used to receive for his rice harvest. Accelerating climate change impacts have led many farmers in Bangladesh’s Rajshahi ...

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has requested the government to temporarily withdraw import duty on rice to increase the supply and, in turn, contain the price of this staple ...

Bangladesh, the fourth-highest rice-producing country in the world, produces around 39 million tons of rice and around 1.1 million tons of wheat annually to feed its 170 million people, according ...