, Aug. 9 -- Rice procurement activities across the country are facing disruptions following the imposition of a 0.5% source tax on domestic rice procurement, according to an official document.

The document was placed in a recent meeting of Food Planning and Monitoring Committee (FPMC) held at Bangladesh Secretariat with Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.

As per the meeting document, the target for Boro Crop collection as paddy was 3.50 lakh metric tonnes while the collection as of July 15 was 3,76,942 tonnes, which means 108% achievement.

Parboiled Rice collection target was 14.00 lakh metric tonnes where the achievement of the stipulated time was 9,60,802 tonnes, which means 68.3% of the target.

The target for Atap Ric...