TDS Desk:

The government will start open market sale (OMS) of rice at Tk 30 per kg from February 1 across the country, ahead of Ramadan.

Food ministry issued a notice in this regard on Tuesday.

The government took the decision to ensure rice at an affordable price for low-income people at the upazila level. Rice will be sold through OMS at a rate of 3 metric tons per day in each of the 401 upazilas across 61 districts and 1 metric ton per day in each of the 23 upazilas in 3 hill districts, covering a total of 424 upazilas through 848 distribution centers, it said.

Besides, under the OMS (General) program, 1 metric ton rice will be sold daily in 906 centers in Dhaka metropolitan area, district municipalities, 8 city corporations, and 4 labor-intensive districts (Dhaka, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, and Gazipur).