Don’t eat white rice: Food Minister
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today urged people to eat red rice instead of white.
"There is no Najirshail or Miniket rice in Bangladesh. Traders are selling different varieties of rice in the name of Miniket and Najirshail," he said while talking at a press briefing on the occasion of the International Nutrition Olympiad 2021 at the Bangladesh Secretariat.
"The thin grain rice which is sold in the name of Miniket is actually Jeerashail and Shampa Katari… People always look for Miniket when purchasing rice," he said.
Mosammat Nazmanara Khanum, secretary to the food ministry, who was present in the programme, said the BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 varieties of paddy and Najirshail are being sold in the market in the name of Miniket.
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