Dhaka, Nov. 24 -- Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed today (Monday) said that the market has shown partial stabilization following recent decisions to permit rice imports.

"The government's recent initiative to import non-Basmati rice aims to stabilise prices," he said, BSS reports.

The finance adviser was responding to the queries of reporters after chairing a meeting of the Advisers Council Committee on Government Purchase held at the Cabinet Division Conference Room at Bangladesh Secretariat today.

He, however, said the government remains cautious, as early signs of price escalation to some extent have reappeared. "To prevent instability, the government has approved a new proposal to import an additional volume of non-Basmati rice,...