Staff Reporter:
In an effort to provide ten agricultural products including potatoes, eggs, onion and vegetables at afford-able prices, the government has taken an initiative to sell products through open market sale (OMS) pro-gram.
Finance Adviser Dr. Saleh Uddin inaugurated the OMS program in front of the Food Building on Tues-day morning.
Consumers can purchase one kg potatoes at Tk 30, one dozen eggs at Tk 130, one kg of onion at Tk 70, one kg green papaya at Tk 20 and five different vegetables through the program.
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury who was present during the inaugu-ration program, said the government has taken such initiative to reach the products at an affordable price to the doorsteps of people.
Primarily, the OMS program will be available in 20 points of Dhaka including Food building, Manik Mia Aveneue, Mirpur-10, Basabo, Basila, Rayer Bazar, Rajarbagh, Mugda-North, Mugda-South, Palashi intersection, Hazaribagh, Mohammadpur, Gabtoli, Mohakhali Bus Stand, Begari, Uttarkhan, Dakkhinkhan, Kamrangirchar, Rampura and Jigatola.
