Director General of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Robert S Zeigler visited Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) yesterday in Gazipur, said a press release.

BRRI Director General Jiban Krishna Biswas welcomed the IRRI team and discussed areas of collaboration between the two institutes at a meeting.

BRRI Director (administration and common service) Shahjahan Kabir, Director (research) Answer Ali, Coordinator for Advanced Studies and Research Abu Saleque, Editor-in-Chief of IRRI's publication Rice Today Gene P Hettel and IRRI Representative in Bangladesh Paul Fox were present among others.