Rice prices hit record high in Bangladesh

Razu Ahmed

17 years ago

Categories: BusinessWorld

Rice prices hit record high in Bangladesh

Rice prices hit all time record high in Bangladesh. Minimum price of per kilogram coarse rice is Tk 30 now. The prices of these rice varieties were Tk 28-29 two days ago and Tk 25-26 only six days earlier. In December 2006, it was only 20-22 Tk. The price of Kataribhog of Dinajpur, the best quality in the market, is Tk 60 a kg which was 40 Tk in 2006.

Such price hikes were the result of India’s decision to increase the minimum rate of rice exported to Bangladesh from $425 to $500 per ton. The import of rice through Benapole land port began at an increased rate of $505 per ton.

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Razu Ahmed: Razu Ahmed is a Bangladeshi journalist has been engaged in media 2000 when he was a student of Bengali literature in the university of Dhaka. After having completed his schooling he had chosen journalism as his profession. Now he is working for Boishakhi TV (A Bengali TV Chennel) as an Economic Reporter. Before this he was working for The Daily Ajker Kagoj as an Economic Reporter since 1st September 2003 to 20th September 2007. He was also worked with Weekly Ekota, the Weekly 2000 and Weekly Khaborer Kagoj. He have written various articles about different topics Such as trade, economic issues, environment, history, biodiversity, gender and international affairs.

The core areas of his professional interests include Poverty, trade, macro economy and related issues. As a Panos South Asia Fellow, he has done research on poverty reduction strategy and PRSP of Bangladesh.

Razu ahmed hails from Village Kajirgaon under Loyhajong of Munshigonj district. He has completed various workshop and training on Journalism, trade and economic issues.

For professional reason he has visited Hong Kong.

He is a member of Dhaka reporters unity.