General and specific combining ability of five fertile male (lines) and two male sterile ‎‎(tester) of rice were evaluated for 10 important morphological traits as well as yield and yield ‎components in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Results revealed ‎that general combining ability effects were highly significant (P<0.05) for yield, 100 grain ‎weight and fertility percentage traits. But, specific combining ability was significant (P<0.05) ‎only for yield and tiller number traits. Genotypes with good general combining ability like ‎Bejar and IR28 can be used in inbred breeding program. While, crosses with high specific ‎combining ability such as 6 X 1 and 4 X 7 can be used in hybrid cultivar production. ‎