DHAKA: Bangladesh is set to receive its first consignment of rice imported from India since the formation of the new interim govt even as it looks to be drawing closer to Pakistan than to its immediate neighbour India, which stood beside Bangladesh in 1971 through shared sacrifices. Bangladesh had witnessed ships coming from Karachi twice […]
ASIA-RICE/ (PIX):ASIA RICE-Rupee plunge pulls Indian rice rates to 17-month low. Reuters Thai traders foresee price drop post-New Year due to increased Indian supply Supplies from autumn-winter harvest running low – Vietnam trader Bangladesh imports rice from India through tenders By Ashitha Shivaprasad Dec 26 (Reuters) – Indian rice export prices extended declines to a […]
The ship, MV Tanais Dream, reached the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port at 7:00pm yesterday (25 December). A cargo vessel has arrived at Chattogram Port from Kakinada Port in Andhra Pradesh, India, carrying 24,690 tonnes of parboiled rice. The ship, MV Tanais Dream, reached the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port at 7:00pm yesterday (25 December). […]
A ship carrying rice from India has reached the waters of Chattogram Port. The vessel, named MV TANAIS DREAM, reached the outer anchorage of Chattogram Port at 3:00 pm on Wednesday with 24,690 tonnes of parboiled rice from the Indian port of Kakinada. The shipment is part of an ongoing 50,000-tonne rice import, with the […]
By Web Desk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s imports from Iran have witnessed a substantial surge, with a 47 per cent increase on a yearly basis, ARY News reported citing government sources. According to details, the country’s imports from Iran stood at $533 million from July to November 2024, up from $398 million during the same period last […]
Thousands of women in West Bengal’s Jhargram district have set up a farmer producer company, Aamon, cultivating indigenous varieties of paddy without using lab-made fertilizsers. The enterprise has made them economically stable, and has given them the power to make decisions on agriculture and on matters at home. Now, Shiv Sahay Singh reports, it has […]
No takers for FCI stocks among grain based distilleries. Written by Sandip Das. Given the high rice stocks, the government is discussing a reduction in the reserve sale prices of broken rice offered to grain-based distilleries for ethanol manufacturing from the central pool held by the Food Corporation of India (FCI). Sources told FE that […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lost 29.6 per cent of its agricultural land to soil salinity and sodicity, according to the first major assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years, released by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations. Pakistan has an agricultural land area of 22 million hectares, out of a total land […]
Pakistan is now ranked fourth position in global rice exports, reflecting a significant increase in its rice production. According to the report, agricultural experts from the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad have highlighted that global rice production has reached 483 million tons, with Pakistan contributing over 6 million tons to this total. As a result, […]
The deadline for rice imports permitted by the government expired at midnight on Friday (Dec 20) with private importers bringing in 67,000 metric tonnes during the period. Sri Lanka Customs said that it collected Rs. 4.3 billion in taxes on these imports. The imported stocks included 28,500 metric tons of raw rice (Kekulu) and 38,500 […]
