The food adviser to the interim government, Ali Imam Majumdar, said that he is also under pressure as a buyer due to the rise in commodity prices.

He made this comment in response to a question from reporters after a coordination meeting on the food situation at the Food Directorate on Thursday (November 14).

The food adviser said, as a buyer, I am also under pressure due to high inflation. I am middle-class; I buy my own food from the market. However, if the supply of new rice and vegetables increases, there will be relief in the market.

He also said, if Aman rice is harvested and winter vegetables arrive in the market well, I hope the market situation will improve.

Meanwhile, the food adviser said that there has been a bumper harvest of Aman rice this year. Aman rice will be procured from November 17. This time, 5.5 lakh metric tons of rice will be procured. Along with this, 1.5 lakh tons of rice and wheat will be imported.

Ali Imam Majumdar also said that this time Aman paddy will be purchased at a price of Tk. 33 per kg, an increase of Tk. 3 compared to last time. He said that when Aman paddy comes to the market, the price of rice will start decreasing.

He said that the government does not want to take any risk with food. Therefore, to control the country's rice market and increase its supply, the import duty on rice has already been withdrawn. This will also have an impact on the price.

Regarding the achievement of the paddy-rice target, the adviser said that this time Aman, including Feni, Cumilla and Chattogram, has been affected by the flood. Even then, maximum efforts will be made to achieve the target.

A Kolkata-bound Indian airline IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at Raipur airport in Chhattisgarh due to a bomb scare.

The flight made an emergency landing at Raipur airport on Thursday (November 14) morning. The Indian Express reported.

It is learnt that there were 187 passengers and six crew members on board the IndiGo flight.

Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Singh said that the aircraft, which was flying from Nagpur to Kolkata, was diverted after the airport authorities received a threat. The aircraft landed at Raipur airport, the capital of Chhattisgarh, shortly after 9 am. Later, it was quickly taken to an isolated bay for security checks.

He also said that technical staff and bomb squad members are thoroughly examining the aircraft.

Incidentally, for the last few weeks, several Indian airlines have been receiving continuous threats of bombs being planted. Not only domestic flights, but also international flights have received bomb scare reports several times. However, it was later found that the information about bombs being placed on the plane was false because nothing was found after searching.

Meanwhile, the Indian government is growing concerned about one after another bomb scare incidents on planes. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has expressed concern in such a situation. The ministry said that the strictest punishment will be provided to deal with such false threats. Along with planes, news of bomb scares also spread on trains in the country about ten days ago. Due to which the Kranti Express stopped in Uttar Pradesh. An investigation has been started to identify those who are repeatedly spreading this fake news.

Former Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin has died in a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Reuters reported on Wednesday (November 13). He was 86 at the time of his death.

Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad expressed his condolences.

In a condolence message, Mahathir Mohamad said, "I have lost a friend who fought with me for the nation, country and religion."

Notably, Daim Zainuddin served two terms in Mahathir Mohamad's cabinet. He served in the first term from 1984 to 1991 and the second term from 1999 to 2001. Zainuddin won five national elections between 1982 and 1999.

He led the country's economic reforms. Zainuddin was credited with implementing investor-friendly policies and privatizing state-owned enterprises under Mahathir Mohamad. During his time, the country's economic growth reached 9 percent.

Republican Party candidate Donald Trump has won the election as the 47th president of the United States. He met with current President Joe Biden for the first time since being elected president.

The meeting was held at the White House on Wednesday (November 13).

Both the newly elected and current presidents pledged to peacefully transfer power in January.

White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre told reporters that Trump and Biden had a two-hour long meeting. It was a meaningful meeting. They discussed various issues related to the United States and the world, as well as national security and domestic policy.

In an interview with the New York Post, Donald Trump said, "I asked him for his opinion on where we are now. He told me that sincerely."

Earlier, President-elect Donald Trump arrived in Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden. He landed in Washington on his private jet on Wednesday (November 13).

Republican candidate Donald Trump won the US presidential election on November 5. He defeated Democratic Party's Kamala Harris. The next day, President Joe Biden congratulated Donald Trump over the telephone.

When Trump was elected president for the first time in the 2016 election, then-President Barack Obama invited him to the White House as a matter of tradition.