MANIKGANJ: Farmers at Boilot Char in Ghior Upazila taking ripe mustard crossing Dhaleshwari River as harvest of the crop has started on Saturday.

Alarming rise in stealing food grains from govt depots

STEALING of food grains from government food depots is capturing headlines in the national dailies almost regularly but there is hardly any information that the thieves; mostly powerful people using political shelter, are facing arrest and trial. A national daily on Tuesday reported theft of at least 33,000 metric tonnes of wheat from government silos at Chittagong Port worth over Tk 90 crore. Investigation report shows traders and food officials had worked together to remove the imported wheat in loaded...

10 Aug 2017, 12:00 am