Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- With a view to providing a nutritious and healthy diet to people, a Bangladeshi researcher has invented a wheat and rice bran-infused special type of flour, 'OryFo-cot'.

In order to ensure more organic and natural sources of food, researcher Rafiqul Islam has been continuing the research for more than eight years and finally came out successful.

"Extensive milling and polishing process is leading the rice that we are consuming to be less nutritious as the outer portion or bran holds most nutrients," he said at a press conference at Jatiya Press Club on Thursday.

He also said that flour we get from wheat is added with artificial nutrition elements which do not suffice human need.

According to Rafiq's research, mixing ...