The government is going to launch special open market sale (OMS) of rice at Tk 10 per kg in all cities and district towns from Sunday for poor people as a nationwide shutdown goes on.
The Ministry of Food issued a notification in this regard on Thursday.
Under the OMS programme, rice will be sold from 10am to 3pm on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Each person will be allowed to buy maximum five kg of rice once in a week after showing one's identity card.
For every centre in Dhaka, 3 metric tonnes of rice will be allocated every day while two tonnes for every centre outside Dhaka.