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OMS of rice starts at the upazila level Wednesday

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Published: 13:20, 19 September 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
OMS of rice starts at the upazila level Wednesday

Secretariat Correspondent:  The Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice will start at the upazila level on Wednesday.

Food Minister Qamrul Islam said this after a meeting with the rice mill owners in the conference room of Food and Disaster Management Ministry on Tuesday noon.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury and Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food Ministry Abdur Razzak, among others, attended the meeting held with Food Minister Qamrul Islam in the chair.

The food minister said the food friendly programme which was scheduled to begin on Wednesday will remain halted for unavoidable circumstances.

The government launched the OMS service of rice across the country on Sunday. This year, white rice is being sold at Tk 30 per kg in the OMS programme.



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