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Bangladesh has decided to buy 2 lakh tonnes of rice from India to avoid future crisis.
Despite increasing tensions between India and Bangladesh, trade continues. The interim government of Bangladesh has started importing rice from India. Bangladesh has decided to buy 2 lakh tonnes of rice from India. On Friday, the first consignment of 27 thousand tonnes of rice reached Chittagong, Bangladesh.
A food official of Bangladesh told news agency ANI that at present there is no shortage of rice in Bangladesh. However, due to the recent severe floods, the government has decided to import rice to avoid future crises.
He said, apart from 2 lakh tonnes of boiled rice, the interim government of Bangladesh will also import 1 lakh tonnes of rice from India through tender.
Plan to import more rice at G2G level
The official said- Apart from the tender, we plan to import more rice from India at Government to Government (G2G) level. Apart from this, permission has been taken from the Bangladesh government to import 16 lakh tonnes of rice so far from private exporters of India.
He said that we have also signed a G2G agreement with Myanmar to import 1 lakh tonnes of rice. Along with this, we are also discussing this with Vietnam and Pakistan.
Bangladesh has removed all duties on rice imports to keep prices stable. A large quantity of rice is being exported from India at private level with zero import duty.
India has also expressed its desire to work with the new government of Bangladesh. India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh Prannoy Kumar Verma recently said that even after the tumultuous changes of August 5, I feel that we have worked with the interim government of Bangladesh with full sincerity.
India's High Commissioner in Bangladesh Prannoy Kumar Verma says that even after the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina, we have worked with full honesty with the interim government.
Tension in relations increased due to attack on Hindu religious places
The tension in the relations between Bangladesh and India has increased a lot in recent times. Since the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina, Hindu leaders and religious places are being continuously targeted. Apart from this, many provocative statements are also being made about India. Hindu religious leader Chinmay Prabhu has been in jail since November 25 on charges of treason. Both the countries have given very strong statements regarding this also.
The movement against reservation had carried out a coup
Let us tell you that on June 5 this year, the High Court had implemented 30% quota system in jobs in Bangladesh, since then the students of universities in Dhaka were protesting. This reservation was being given to the families of freedom fighters. When this reservation was abolished, students started demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Within no time, a large number of students and common people came out on the streets against the Prime Minister and his government.
Two months after this protest, on August 5, Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of Prime Minister and left Bangladesh and came to India. After this an interim government was established.
This footage of Sheikh Hasina is from August 5. She is boarding a helicopter. According to media reports, he had less than 1 hour to leave the country.
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