Rice is the main food grain of the people of Bangladesh. It is the seed of the paddy plant. This is a kind of grass. It has weak stem. Rice grows at its upper end. Rice grow in hot countries. So, it is grown in Bangladesh, India, Mayanmar. Sreelanka, China. Japan and Italy. But it grows in plenty in Bangladesh. Paddy grows well in piain and moist land. It also needs heavy rainfall. There is a kind .of paddy which grows well in law land. Its stem grows long with the increase of water iii the rainy season. Paddy also grows in Bangladesh in high lands. There are many kinds. of rice. They are mainly grouped under three heads : Aus, Aman and Boro. Aus grows very easily and in a short time. So it is called Aus. It is sown in Baishakh and cut in Bhadra. Boro is sown in low lands where waters stands till winter. Aman is the best rice in our country. It ripens in the month of Pous. In recent years IRRI is also sown in Bangladesh. It grows almost all the year round. But it needs plenty of water. We eat twice or thrice daily. Chira, muri and khai are made of rice. Cakes are made of rice flour, Everybody are fond of them. Many useful things are made of its straw. It is-also used as food for our cows. We depend on rice in vanious ways. We cannot do without it. We should care of its production more and more.
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