5,000kg of rice under Food Friendly scheme seized from Brahmanbaria shop

The rice was seized in a raid in the Mohakhalpara area of the Upazila Sadar around 11:30pm on Monday night, according to Nasirnagar Upazila Administrator (UNO) Shaheena Nasrin. The police also detained two workers from the store. They were identified as Shaha Kamal Mia and Jewel Mia, both of whom hailed from the Upazila. They were working to remove the rice from the store. The store’s owners were identified as local businessmen Motahar Mia and Rahmat Ali. UNO Shaheena said the government had recently started distributing rice under a Food Friendly programme through special cards for the extremely poor and those with low income. This rice has been allocated to about 11,000 beneficiaries in Nasirnagar. However, before the distribution started,...