Dhaka, Aug. 19 -- The government has achieved a historic milestone in its domestic Boro procurement programme for 2025, which officially concluded on August 15.
According to an official press release issued on Monday, this year's procurement targets were ambitious - 3.50 lakh tonnes of paddy, 14 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice, and 50,000 tonnes of atap rice.
What followed was an achievement that exceeded expectations and broke all previous records in the country's public food stock management. The government successfully collected 3.76 lakh 942 tonnes of paddy, reaching 107.69% of its target. In the case of parboiled rice, the procurement stood at 14.06 lakh 533 tonnes, slightly above the target with a fulfillment rate of 100.46%. Similarl...