< ommerce and information Minister M Shamsul Islam yes terday said that Bangladesh had exported frozen food worth Taka 838 91 crore during the 1993-94 financial year which was 30 6 per cent more than that of the fiscal 1992-93. reports BSS

He was replying to a question from Begum KJ Hamida Khanam (women 20) at the Jativa Sangsad

In reply to a supplementary, he said the government has been giving various support for the development of the shrimp cultivation fields in the coastal areas as well as for the devel opnient of frozen food processing plants. There are 115 such processing plants In KHULNA. Chittagong and Dhaka, he informed the Jatiya Sangsad.