A delegation of 30 members of the Council for Partnership on Rice Research in Asia (COORA) has visited the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) on Wednesday. Representatives of 10 COORA member countries are participating in this delegation. BARI scientists and officers welcomed COORA delegation at the time of their arrival in the institute. BARI Director (Support & Services) Dr Kamrul Hasan gave a welcome address at BARI DG’s conference room. Chief Scientific Officer of the Agronomy Division of BARI Dr Dilwar Ahmed Choudhury gave brief PowerPoint presentation on the activities and achievements of BARI. Director (Research) Dr Tariqul Islam, Director (Training and Communication) Dr Ferdouse Islam, Director (Tuber Crops Research Center) Dr Sohela Akter, Director (Horticulture Research Centre) Dr Gobinda Chandra Biswas, heads of the divisions, senior scientists, officers, among others, were present on the occasion. Later, the delegation visited IPM and toxicology lab, plant pathology division lab, biotechnology division lab, and expressed their satisfaction by seeing the activities, advancement and achievements of BARI.