Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has urged called upon people to refrain from eating shiny and silky rice as such rice contains a low nutritional value.
In his address at a views exchange over food security in Barishal Circuit House, the minister said that millers put the rice in the machine 4-5 times to polish the rice, which removes nutritional elements.
“So, the people can get only carbohydrates by eating such rice,” he added.
The minister expressed his hope that Bangladesh will not face any food crisis unless there is a natural disaster, reports UNB.
He said warnings are issued from different organisations that food crisis may hit all over the world, but crops are produced in the country throughout the year.
“Bangladesh produces some 40 million tonnes of rice annually,” he added.
He urged everyone to be aware of stopping food wastage alongside developing planned food habits.