The government has decided to import 100,000 tons of parboiled rice to replenish rice stocks and rein in prices of the staple. During a meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase gave its consent to importing the rice through an open tender. Emerging from the meeting, Additional Secretary to Cabinet Division Mostafizur Rahman told reporters that six local traders would import 100,000 tons of rice at a cost of Tk427.27 crore.