Letters to the Editor
Rice bran oil
It was good to learn from your business page on April 14 that a large plant to produce rice bran oil is being installed at the Ishwardi EPZ by a Japan-Bangladesh joint venture. It should be on stream by early next year if political violence is stopped. This plant is expected to produce around 270,000 tonnes of rice bran oil annually. Although not the first plant in Bangladesh, it will be the largest. It will also produce other bio-chemicals needed for our food and drug industry. The main raw material is rice bran, produced all over the country when paddy is milled. Presently, it is mostly used as poultry feed. This venture will produce edible oil, quite a bit of which we now import.
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