The Consumers Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to Rajshahi deputy commissioner with their eight-point demand, including identifying syndicates of dishonest dealers and traders and ensuring their exemplary punishment.
A 10-member delegation of the association鈥檚 Rajshahi unit submitted the memorandum to DC Afia Akhtar at her office at 11:30am.
Their other demands include - ensuring the supply of daily commodities, strengthening market monitoring, increasing TCB truck sales and TCB cards, establishing a separate department or ministry for consumer affairs under the commerce ministry to look after consumer interests, and stopping the sale of open edible oil.
Among others, CAB Rajshahi unit general secretary Golam Mostafa Mamun, vice-president Mizanur Rahman, joint-general secretary Mahmudul Alam Masud, joint-organising secretary Subhash Chandra Hembram, and cultural affairs secretary Amlan Aniruddha were present.
On Monday, CAB Rajshahi members formed a human chain in Saheb Bazar zero-point area of the city, urging the government to take necessary actions to reduce the prices of daily essential commodities as soon as possible.