B Mirror Report: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Sunday presided over a meeting regarding the ‘Farmer Card’ programme, officials said.

The meeting was held at 11:00 am at the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat, according to the Prime Minister’s Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Ruman.

Agriculture Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid and State Minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku attended, along with other officials including Prime Minister’s Adviser for Finance and Planning Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Adviser on Posts, Telecommunications and IT & Science and Technology Rehan Asif Asad, and State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam.

Ruman said the ‘Farmer Card’ distribution programme will be formally inaugurated by the Prime Minister on April 14, coinciding with Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar.