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Natural fiber reinforced polylactic acid based biocomposites are broadly considered by the researchers to compete with non-renewable petroleum based products. In this study, the biodegradable composites which are the polylactic acid, PLA and rice straw, RS were prepared by using heated two roll-mill at 180^oC. Mechanical properties showed that the tensile strength and elongation at break, E_b decreased with the increment of RS and Young’s modulus. The TGA results confirmed that thermal stability of PLA with RS composites decreased with the increasing of RS.