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RAJSHAHI, June 14, 2026 (BSS) - The district administration has formed a seven-member committee to resolve complications arising from increased charges for storing potatoes in cold storages.

Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Sabur Ali has been made convener of the committee.

The committee has been asked to submit its report within 15 working days. Pending submission of the report, potato storage rent will continue to be charged at the previous rate of Tk 6 per kg.

The decision was taken at an emergency meeting held on Saturday afternoon at the Deputy Commissioner's conference room.

Deputy Commissioner Kazi Shahidul Islam presided over the meeting.

Police Superintendent Mohammad Naimul Hasan, Additional Deputy Commissioners Sabur Ali and Mohinul Hasan, Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Hasen Ali, and representatives of the Rajshahi Cold Storage Association and the Rajshahi District Potato and Raw Materials Traders' Cooperative Association, among others, attended the meeting.