Dhaka, April 4 -- A significant shipment of rice from India has arrived at Chittagong Port, further strengthening Bangladesh's food security efforts amid rising concerns over rice prices in the domestic market.

The vessel, MV HT Unit, carrying 10,850 tonnes of parboiled Indian rice, docked at the port on Thursday under the International Open Tender Agreement (Package-8), as confirmed by a press release from the Ministry of Food.

Earlier, an agreement was signed to import 500,000 tonnes of rice from India to mitigate the food grain shortage and stabilize market prices. As part of this initiative, 450,000 tonnes of rice were scheduled to be imported in nine consignments. Of these, 366,769 tonnes had already reached Bangladesh, with the la...