Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - The government will set up 50-60 more cooperative markets in the capital Dhaka, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Jahangir Kabir Nanak has said.
The overall process in this regard already has been concluded, he also said while inaugurating a Samabay holiday haat at Agargaon in Dhaka on Friday.
"The setting up of the cooperative markets in the city would curb the huge price gap between the producers and consumers as a whole", the state minister told reporters after the program.
As part of the initiative, different kinds of agricultural goods produced by the farmers belonging to various cooperative organizations would be sold at the haat at fair price.
The Samabay holiday haat will remain open everyday during the holy month of Ramadan.
It's being operated by 32 co-operative organizations and will contain 58 stalls for groceries, fruits, fishes, meat, chicken, rice, milk products and vegetable outlets.
Rural Development and Cooperatives Secretary Mihir Kanti Majumder and register of the cooperative department Humayun Khalid also attended the function.
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