New Delhi: India has agreed to export 50,000 tonnes of non-basmati rice under an open tender agreement to control rising rice prices in Bangladesh, with the first consignment sent on December 26.
Under the agreement, the second consignment of 27,000 tonnes of rice will reach Chittagong port from Kakinada port tomorrow, the first major export to Bangladesh since the August 5 student uprising and the formation of an interim government.
