Kushtia millers sell rice at Tk 25 a kg
Kushtia Rice Mill Owners Association (KROA) in a noble gesture yesterday stared selling rice at Tk 25 per kilogram among poor people in the town.
Additional Deputy Commi-ssioner Pulock Ranjan Saha inaugurated the programme while Maj Baten of joint forces was also present. The KROA took the decision at a meeting with Brig. Atiqur Rahman, held at Kushtia Circuit House on Thursday.
Sources said Brig Atiq urged rice mill owners to do something for the people.
It will sell rice to 600 people on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday and the programme will continue so long needed, its president Abdur Rashid told journalists.
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