Dhaka, March 24 -- "I was able to buy cow's milk after seven months," Mohammad Rafiq, who works in a bakery.

Milk, eggs, meat at subsidised rates sold out in 40 mins on first day!

And then within 40 minutes, it was all over. Around 60-70 kilogrammes of beef, eight kg of mutton, 25kg of dressed broiler chicken, 60 litres of milk and 200 eggs were all sold out in less than an hour at the Khamarbari sales point set up by the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, reports the media.

The ministry initiative to sell the essentials at subsidised rates drew a wave of people, but many had to settle for less quantities than they wanted or return empty-handed altogether.

Mohammad Rafiq, who works in a bakery,

said, "I was able to buy cow's milk a...