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DHAKA, Sept 29, 2025 (BSS) - A total of 287 Open Market Sale (OMS) dealers 
have been appointed from the selected aspirants for the respective centers 
under two city corporations in the capital.

The appointment has been completed through transparent and open lottery in 
presence of more than thousands of applicants at the auditorium of 
Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) today as part of Dhaka Rationing 
under the Department of Food.

Appointment Committee President and Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Sharaf 
Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury administered the lottery.

Member Secretary of the committee Jahangir Alam along with its other members 
was present during this time.

The selected ones from the lottery will be appointed finally as the OMS 
dealers.

A total of 2,542 applications have been submitted against 2,905 forms, which 
were sold earlier. After the review, 1,756 applications were declared as 
valid.

Later, 287 were selected as the OMS dealers through the lottery from those 
valid applications.