Dhaka [ Bangladesh On March 15 (ANI), the MV Mariam vessel transported 26,250 tons of Atap rice. Pakistan has reached the Chittagong port, Bangladesh The Food Ministry stated in a press release on Saturday.
The Daily Star mentioned that this constitutes the final stage of the acquisition of 50,000 tons of rice. Pakistan Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Directorate of Food, Bangladesh , and the trading company of Pakistan on January 31.
The MV Mariam reached the external anchorage of Chittagong port on March 11, and it docked at a port jetty on Friday, according to the report.
It was reported that following the successful quality assessment of the sample taken from the vessel, the process of unloading rice commenced on Friday evening.
Bangladesh received 26,250 tonnes of atap rice According to the report, the initial consignment under the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) agreement was delivered on March 5.
On March 6, The Daily Star reported regarding the Directorate of Food, Bangladesh , and the trading company of Pakistan the agreement was signed in January this year, stated Gnana Priya Bidurshi Chakma, who serves as the controller of movement and storage at the Chattogram food office.
As reported by the Dhaka Tribune, the Memorandum of Understanding for purchasing the rice was signed between the Directorate General of Food and the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh. Pakistan .
On March 5, Dhaka Tribune cited Mohiuddin Ahmed Chowdhury, food inspector at the Chittagong Movement and Storage Regulatory Office, who said: "Around 3,000 metric tons of rice can be unloaded from a ship daily. Based on this rate, it may take about eight days to unload the 26,250 metric tons of rice from the Pakistan I Vessel. In the previous month, a total of 93,783 metric tons of rice were offloaded at Chittagong Port , which was brought in from India and Myanmar."
This marks the first time rice has been purchased through a government-to-government agreement. Bangladesh 's Liberation War against Pakistan In 1971, the Daily Star published this report. (ANI)
