Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- The country's leading food sector companies raised local aromatic rice price to a record high, as maximum retail price (MRP) of Chinigura reached Tk 170 a kg in the capital this month, said grocers.

Pran, BRAC, Square, BEOL, Meghna, City, TK, ACI, Utshab, Nabil and other leading companies raised the MRP of their branded fragrant rice to Tk 159-170 a kg from Tk 150 a kg earlier.

Though the government organisations concerned hardly have any record of aromatic rice price, the same produce was Tk 125-130 a kg a year back, according to grocers and consumers.

"Pran company's sales representatives have taken orders on Tuesday, and MRP for its Chinigura rice has been fixed at Tk 170 a kg," said Md Farid Hossain, manager of Bis...