The upcoming budget poses significant challenges – arguably the most challenging in recent times – for economic policymaking in Bangladesh.
As lines in front of OMS trucks get longer, we must reach out to the most vulnerable
As the Covid-induced lockdown was taking a heavy toll on the poor back in 2020, the food directorate sold rice at subsidised rates under special and regular Open Market Sale programmes across the country.
The government will start a special open market sale (OMS) of coarse rice at Tk 10 per kg from Sunday (April 5) in all cities and district towns to ensure food for the urban poor amid the countrywide shutdown.
The government is going to launch special open market sale (OMS) of coarse rice at the rate of Tk 10 per kg at all city corporation areas of the country in bid to ensure food for relatively poor people during the nationwide shutdown to curb coronavirus transmission.
The 215 tonnes of rice, flour and wheat that was seized by Rab on September 8 and 9 do not belong to Open Market Sale (OMS) programme, Dhaka City OMS Dealers' Association claims.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seize a total of 215 tonnes of open market sale (OMS) rice and wheat smuggled out from a government silo in Tejgaon and Krishi Market of Mohammadpur in separate drives since yesterday.
The upcoming budget poses significant challenges – arguably the most challenging in recent times – for economic policymaking in Bangladesh.
As lines in front of OMS trucks get longer, we must reach out to the most vulnerable
As the Covid-induced lockdown was taking a heavy toll on the poor back in 2020, the food directorate sold rice at subsidised rates under special and regular Open Market Sale programmes across the country.
The government will start a special open market sale (OMS) of coarse rice at Tk 10 per kg from Sunday (April 5) in all cities and district towns to ensure food for the urban poor amid the countrywide shutdown.
The government is going to launch special open market sale (OMS) of coarse rice at the rate of Tk 10 per kg at all city corporation areas of the country in bid to ensure food for relatively poor people during the nationwide shutdown to curb coronavirus transmission.
The 215 tonnes of rice, flour and wheat that was seized by Rab on September 8 and 9 do not belong to Open Market Sale (OMS) programme, Dhaka City OMS Dealers' Association claims.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seize a total of 215 tonnes of open market sale (OMS) rice and wheat smuggled out from a government silo in Tejgaon and Krishi Market of Mohammadpur in separate drives since yesterday.
