A vessel carrying 36,100 tonnes of parboiled rice from India has arrived at Chattogram port under an open tender agreement, according to a press release from the food ministry.

The ship, MV Frosso K, reached the outer anchorage on April 10 and was berthed at the GCB terminal of the port today, said the office of the Controller of Movement and Storage, Chattogram, under the Directorate of Food.

The consignment is part of a government deal to import a total of 4.5 lakh tonnes of rice from India in nine packages, according to the press release signed by Imdad Islam, senior information officer and public relations officer of the ministry.

So far, 3.17 lakh tonnes of rice have reached Bangladesh under this agreement, it added.

Unloading of the cargo began in the afternoon after the rice samples were tested, said an official of the Controller of Movement and Storage office.