Dhaka, April 20 -- The Agriculture Minister Abdus Shahid has said that the official price of rice will be determined in a meeting at the ministry.

Minister Abdus Shahid inaugurated the harvesting of paddy at the village of Bahadurpur of Sadar Upazila in Sunamganj on Friday and said: " It will protect the interests of farmers.

The government is keeping a watchful eye that no one can create a syndicate and reduce the price of paddy to the detriment of the farmers, reports BSS.

"An adequate number of paddy harvesting machines have been provided. There will be no crisis of the machine.

The current government is agrarian-friendly. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working for the welfare of farmers," he added.

Later, the minister handed ove...