Dhaka, May 3 -- Food Adviser Ali Imam Majumder today said that smart cards will be given to the farmers after cancelling the 'fake' TCB cards.

"The farmers would be encouraged if they get fair prices of the produced goods," he said while visiting the progress of the construction work of a silo and food godown at Bandar upazila of the district.

The price of rice in the country is becoming tolerable gradually but it should not reduce drastically, the adviser said, adding: "We have to give fair price of rice to the farmers."

There are many fake cards of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) in the country, Ali Imam Majumder said, adding that new smart cards would be given to the farmers after cancelling the fake cards.

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